On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote: > This "freebios" or "firmware console" piece, loaded by linuxbios, is > really a mini-kernel. You -don't- need the complexity of the full Linux > kernel, which is IMO a mistake people make when trying to make the Linux > kernel give them hardware initialization and firmware console services.
yes but ... "freebios" really will be a kernel. You will need to continue to write device drivers etc. for it over time. I would still rather use linux for my bios since I don't want to write drivers for my "bios" -- I like just letting linux people do that for me. I now I don't need linux in all its glory. But I will accept the linux if it releases me from writing drivers. ron
