On Feb 11, 2008 6:25 PM, Corey Osgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some (most?) hardware vendors say they only support MS Windows, the same > logic could be applied. An open-source firmware provides a lot more > assurance that the BIOS is free of malicious code.
The arguments against open source bios are almost exactly the arguments I heard years ago against open source OS. FUD. > > > For example, a laptop battery could explode if incorrect > > power management algorithms were applied. > > > And with the support of the vendor(s) and some better documentation, we can > know how to avoid such issues. > i want to know what laptops can explode if the software goes awry. In fact, I think the FAA wants to know. Laptops that can explode if software goes crazy should not be allowed on an airplane. Any chance intel will tell us more? > I haven't the ambition to register with the site, is there any actual > hardware init code there? And what's the point of starting another project, > when coreboot can already load tiano (so I've heard)? coreboot has loaded tianocore. I have registered at tianocore.org. There is no hardware init code there, nor will there ever be. You can't build a working BIOS with the source code from tianocore.org -- unless you add coreboot to it. ron -- coreboot mailing list [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
