Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:15:31 -0700 From: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> To: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>, Jung-uk Kim <juikim@engin.umd.umich.edu>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anybody working on FreeBSD BIOS? Message-ID: <93007.961175731@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Withrow <bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com> of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:13:18 EDT." <200006161513.LAA18484@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:13:18 EDT, Robert Withrow wrote: > >parag@cgt.com said: >:- None of the motherboard or chipset vendors (except for SiS) are even >:- slightly interested in talking to us. > >Are they interested in talking to Linux folks? If so, isn't that a >reasonable alternative? (I mean, team up with some Linux folks to >get the info...) Actually, the SiS folks are working with the Linux folks. Other than them, no-one else seems to be interested. SiS doesn't make motherboards - just the chipsets - so they're having much the same level of pain that we are trying to figure out how things need to be turned on. At least they have BIOS gurus to help out. No-one else seems to be interested. There seems to be plenty of demand for servers, which is why we decided to attempt this lunacy. If anyone has a useful contact at a motherboard manufacturer, *please* let us or the LinuxBIOS folks know. -- Parag To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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