[LinuxBIOS] [RFC] Call for Action: LinuxBIOS foundations

[echelon at free.fr]

Quoting Stefan Reinauer <stepan at coresystems.de>:

> I personally think we need to support more newer hardware in shorter
> time to gain the momentum so LinuxBIOS can become the default firmware
> on new mainboards that you buy. We can make this goal, and it has been
> done in some cases. It's just a long way, as it was for Linux, too.

That would be _REALLY_ great but is this realistic?..

Also, an interesting statement, that I found in one of the Trusted Computing
Group specifications
(https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/groups/pc_client/TCG_PCSpecificSpecification_v1_1.pdf):
on page 13 one can read : "The Manufacturer MUST control the update,
modification, and maintenance of the BIOS Boot Block component, while either the
Manufacturer or a 3rd party supplier may update, modify, or maintain the POST
BIOS component. If there are multiple execution points for the BIOS Boot Block,
they must all be within the CRTM." or "The Manufacturer MUST control the update,
modification, and maintenance of the entire BIOS".
Maybe this is sligtly off topic here (and a little bit paranoid..), but when one
consider the fact that "trusted computing" becomes more and more prevalent in
new systems (mandatory soon maybe?!), doesn't this outright kill the LB project?

Florentin Demetrescu