[OpenBIOS] FCode Limit (Was:Dictionary size limit per deviceinstance)

Stefan Reinauer stepan at coresystems.de
Thu Aug 30 00:03:29 CEST 2007


* Tarl Neustaedter <Tarl.Neustaedter at Sun.COM> [070829 20:09]:
> IEEE requires the standards be re-affirmed and re-published
> every several years (I think it's five years), and the last
> time, there simply was no longer enough industry interest to
> warrant republishing the standard (or so I'm informed). So
> the last one published was IEEE Std 1275-1994, and it no longer
> has the status of an active standard.
> 
> It would be good if openbios participants revived the standard,
> but it takes a lot of effort.

Can you give some pointers? There are many good inputs for a revised
standard out there that need to be bundled for more momentum.

I know the IBM guys are doing their standards via POWER DOT ORG by now. 

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