[LinuxBIOS] [OT] Routers using linuxbios?

[Ed Swierk]

On Monday 14 May 2007 10:20:10 ron minnich wrote:
> one interesting thing: the BIOS costs are one reason that x86 has had
> trouble getting acceptance in the embedded space, i am told (by
> embedded systems vendors).

Another problem is that there's no x86 hardware to be accepted, at least in 
certain segments. For example there's nothing comparable to the Freescale 
MPC8349, a single chip containing a 500-1000 MIPS CPU, DDR2 controller, PCI 
bridge, 2 GigE NICs, USB controller, i2c and serial with a power budget of 4 
or 5W. Of course this could just be the other side of a chicken-and-egg 
situation.

The x86 embedded space might be a lot more competitive when Intel finally 
ships its Tolopai SoC. So let's make sure LinuxBIOS is ready...

--Ed