tristan wrote: > Hi list, > I'd like to know the exact support status of LinuxBIOS on VIA EPIA > M10000 (Nehemiah) CentaurHauls Stepping 5. I've seen messages (August > 2005) that say VGA is supported, and more recent threads that say it > isn't. So, what is supported by the mainstream LinuxBios v2 ? And what > is not yet? > Are these any patches around that could achieve better support? > All different messages I see are rather confusing ...
all the patches are in the issue trackers, and after SC 2005 I intend to try to get this stuff into the tree. It seems like 3 different groups have got 3 different patches. > > Another question: VIA has published a "FastBoot" BIOS that seems to be a > fork of LinuxBIOS, since it's a fork and LinuxBIOS is covered by GPL, is > FastBoot a GPL violation? Someone has ever had the sources of FastBoot? > If ever, could it lead to a better support of EPIA motherboards? is fastboot a GPL violation ?If it is based on linuxbios, then yet it is. Does anyone have time to track this down? No. The FSF has been informed, as of a few years ago. ron -- LinuxBIOS mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
