[coreboot] PIC instead of APIC mode for KolibriOS - mouse fix

Björn Busse mail at baerlin.eu
Mon May 12 21:21:33 CEST 2014


On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 09:13:26PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> ron minnich wrote:
> > I'm not really happy that we're doing all this PIC setup for one OS,
> 
> It's not for one OS, Ron. PIC setup is part of the PC legacy.
> 
> Please remember that coreboot is more than Chrome OS' firmware of choice.
> 
> 
> > It's been quite some time since I've had to use PIC mode at all.
> 
> Thanks to the efforts of Paul and Scott we were using it quite a bit
> at LinuxTag. KolibriOS booting from flash in a blink of an eye is an
> impressive demo. You should try it in qemu. It makes the coreboot
> point extremely clear, and was quite a valuable things to have.

I can can confirm that it was an impressive demo for our visitors!
Thanks to Scott and Paul also from me. I think this patch should go in.

Regards,
 Björn
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