On Thursday 31 May 2001 21:11, you wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:13:31PM -0600, Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > I worry that if we drop the xxyzybios naming then people will lose track > > of the fact that it goes on the mainboard. > > This might be a problem, but I actually don't think it will. > > "foobar - An opensource BIOS replacement/substitute/alternative" is a very > natural <TITLE> IMHO, which in itself gives the major keywords of the > project, others to be added by <META>. > > > //Peter I think "foobar" is a great name. It can stand for "Free Object Oriented Bootstrap Acquiring R" ok, I'm stuck at R. I think OpenFirmware sounds the best but I think that is taken. FreeFirmware doesn't sound so good but FreeBIOS conveys the same idea even if it's not totally correct. Most people interchange firmware and BIOS when talking about boot roms. I think besides the name, the seperation of the stages would be very good idea. I would also seperate the first stage making a stage that should work on all platforms, then another stage for spacific chipsets or motherboards. Then the 3rd stage could contain the kernel with drivers it needs or a bootloader. That would make it more modular and hopefully smaller making it easier to put together a rom for your needs. And if a chipset isn't supported yet, it gives you a step up on your own work with the second stage clearly defined to work with the 1st and 3rd. PW
