Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Mar 2001 20:08:32 +0100 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: [Slightly OT] x86 PROM project |
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On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 12:29:47PM -0600, Matthew Fredrickson wrote: > What does everybody think of the idea of trying to write a RISC PROM-like > BIOS for the x86 architecture? > > I've been tossing the idea around in my head for a while, and after I got > my first SGI I realized that something like this would be fairly useful. > Basically, I'm wondering if anybody is already doing something like this > (not linuxBIOS, though the code for that could be a useful base). Thanks.
Have a look at OpenBIOS:
http://www.freiburg.linux.de/OpenBIOS/
The project wants to create an IEEE 1275-1994 compliant firmware, like used by SUN (for example).
Erik [who likes SUN firmware even more than SGI firmware]
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