[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows from LinuxBIOS

[Al Boldi]

Uwe Hermann wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:02:32PM +0300, Al Boldi wrote:
> > I was more thinking of merging the projects; or is there an advantage of
> > keeping them separate?
>
> I doubt that you'll be able to or want to _merge_ them. They're totally
> different with different design, different programming language etc. etc.
>
> What is very well possible, though, is to improve interoperability,
> and to use good ideas and concepts from OFW to enhance LinuxBIOS, and
> vice versa.
>
> Even code sharing might be possible to a certain degree (the licenses
> are compatible, IIRC), but completely _merging_ the projects is not
> realistic, IMO.

It sounds to me that OFW is a pluggable Firmware Framework, which means that 
it is LinuxBIOS and more.

What can LinuxBIOS do OFW can't?


Thanks!

--
Al