[OpenBIOS] Secure BIOS for voting?

Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl.openbios at telemetry.co.uk
Tue Jul 23 23:12:12 CEST 2013


Tarl Neustaedter wrote:
> On 2013-Jul-23 16:15 , Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> And having the USB keyboard work (which means USB HID support, USB hub
>>> support, USB controller support, PCI support, etc).
>>
>> Although IIRC there's a simplified protocol for the keyboard, 
>> specifically for BIOS support. I've seen people discussing that in the 
>> context of devices such as the Parallax Propeller which don't really 
>> have USB support. 
> 
> Not for USB. Whatever they may be talking about, they aren't getting USB 
> - there's no real way to enable EHCI/OHCI/UHCI/XHCI without implementing 
> the entire shebang.

I was thinking of HIDBP, which on checking I find requires a controller 
chip like the MAX3421E. I was wrong to imply the bus could be handled 
directly.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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