[coreboot] Simple Firmware Interface?

[Robinson Tryon]

I just found a story in the Slashdot queue about a new Intel project
called the "Simple Firmware Interface" (http://simplefirmware.org/).
According to the project website, SFI is "a method for platform
firmware to export static tables to the operating system (OS)" and
looks to be a lightweight replacement for ACPI.

I haven't found any mention of SFI on either Wikipedia or on the
coreboot wiki. Does anyone have further information on the project?


Thanks,
--R


Here's the story in the /. queue:
http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=4979253

Here's the link to the announcement:
http://www.h-online.com/open/Intel-develops-simpler-alternative-to-ACPI-for-Linux--/news/113594

Looks someone from Intel will be giving a talk at Linux Symposium 2009:
http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2009/view_abstract.php?content_key=82