[coreboot] coreboot + Linux = ?

joe at smittys.pointclark.net joe at smittys.pointclark.net
Sun Mar 16 03:11:29 CET 2008


Quoting Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se>:

> On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 09:59:15PM -0400, joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
>> > I came across this commit included in 2.6.24:
>> >   
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c83172b98e569d9aabf947d8b3b089dadb2ff46
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what the current attitude towards making Linux play
>> > nice with coreboot is?
>>
>> That looks like it is just for the "EFI frame buffer" correct?
>
> Yes.
>
>
>> Why would it have any effect on coreboot?
>
> It wouldn't. The code along with the list of people involved in
> that commit tells me that many are interested in EFI + Linux.
>
> coreboot is an alternative. I was asking if anyone knew about
> interest for a stronger bond between coreboot and Linux.
>
>
Ah, gotcha...


Thanks - Joe




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