"Hausheer, Geoffrey" wrote:
>
> Actually, writing a free VGA BIOS was discussed. But it is a little beyond
> the scope of what your average debian packager is expecting to do :)
> Actually it is well beyond the scope of what anyone was willing to do; they
> were hoping that one of the free PC BIOSes could be used (which they
> obviously can't).
> You also should remember that debian is VERY dedicated to the concept of
> free software and the GPL and whatnot (being a GNU project and all). I love
> Debian, but when politics gets in the way of great free software, it gets a
> bit annoying. Anyhow, here's to hoping it gets worked out by the time
> plex86 is ready for prime-time.
If they get all freaky inside about the VGA BIOS, seems like we
could just put it on the web site, and they could package the rest,
with an option to download the BIOS.
I'd rewrite the thing myself, except there are much more pressing
issues, not to mention much more exciting ones. Man, I was hoping
one of the Debian weenies would get stoked and write one. :^)
-Kevin
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