[coreboot] Time for a new project

Carl-Daniel Hailfinger c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Sun Apr 13 20:09:34 CEST 2008


On 13.04.2008 19:55, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>> I believe that the primary market for coreboot is x86, and will be for
>> a very long time (possibly for ever).
>>     
>
> I, on the other hand, believe the embedded market is a lot bigger.
> Pretty much every embedded board uses its own coreboot equivalent --
> well, not equivalent, we really want coreboot to not be riddled with
> bugs, and it to be flexible and user-friendly, and packed with features
> and all that goodness.
>   

Indeed. Conquer parts of the x86 market first, then expand to other
embedded markes with MIPS/ARM/etc.

>> You are welome to prove me wrong,
>>     
>
> Don't worry, I will.  Ooh, a challenge!  :-)
>   

A week ago three people wanted to run coreboot v3 on MIPS.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel




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