[LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations
popkonserve
popkonserve at gmx.de
Tue Aug 28 20:59:53 CEST 2007
What i really don't get is:
Why trying to support bleeding edge hardware almost nobody has
datasheets for instead of writing reliable custom drivers that would
support older hardware. development itself would be far easier, at least
SOME hardware would be supported and people would be able to TEST
linuxbios on old hardware without fearing to ruin an expensive
mainboard. most of the drivers written only include a working version
which is far away from a full featured support that would make a
difference to the original bios versions. this is imho what drives users
away.
i'm willing to write more generic full featured drivers
(northbridge/southbridge) for older chipsets (i posted a list and i'll
stick to that list). my problem is not that i don't understand the
hardware itself but the linuxbios framework. i don't want to spend hours
of code surfing just to understand how and where certain code sniplets
are called or how certain config files need to be written. a
documentation to the code is close to non-existant. while this might not
be a problem to long-term developers it drives new ones away.
what i would like to see is: generic support for usb/cdrom boot, ide
support in southbridges, an onscreen menu (nothing fancy) and a far
better documentation for users and developers.
Holger
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