Drew Lundsten wrote: > I've been lurking for a couple of months and like what I see. I am also > interested in some recent comments disparaging EFI, as well as recent > posts (apparently) from hardware vendors asking how to support LinuxBIOS > on their platforms. After reading through the FAQ again and not finding > answers to my questions, I now turn to the list: > > 1) What legal conditions, or obligations to make derived source code > available, are placed on independent hardware vendors offering LinuxBIOS > support for their hardware?
GPL. That's it; > > 2) What's up with Intel, and why, for instance, can't an IHV use their > BIOS guides to support LinuxBIOS? The information you need is no longer easily available. Intel has a stated policy (at least in meetings) that the will not support linuxbios, period. As to reasons, you'll have to ask them. > 2b) I see Intel's 7520 chipset is actually supported, and that's rather > recent - is this an anomaly, or the end of the line for Intel support? I have no idea. > > 3) Is there a list of IHVs who DO ship product on LinuxBIOS? not at present. There are some, they just aren't documented. ron -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
