Ronald G Minnich wrote:
>
> 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.
I agree 100% that booting linuxbios->linux kernel is probably the best
option for you, but I disagree that it is a general solution.
For the case of replacing a standard PC BIOS with linuxbios+freebios,
you -need- to write drivers. Remember, driver writing is something I've
been doing for a while :)
"freebios" does not need the full bloat of the Linux kernel. You only
need a very simple polling IDE driver, for example. You only need a
very simple polling network driver. You do not need a huge network
stack.
Regards,
Jeff
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