__/ [ Al Borowski ] on Friday 08 December 2006 09:44 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> LinuxBIOS ready to go mainstream
>>
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>> | LinuxBIOS is intended to provide a philosophically free replacement
>> | for proprietary firmware in chipsets.
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>> http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/30/199208&from=rss
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>> The vision of an entirely open PC is not far away.
>
> Interesting. Do you think Intel will eventually give you the source
> code (VHDL/Verilog) to your processor? What about every other chip on
> the board? Or the firmware on plug-in cards such as graphics cards?
> Good luck.
It definitely seems like BIOS may be the first step.
Intel Expected to Open Next-gen BIOS Code in China
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| Intel will open "foundation code" of its next-generation firmware
| technology to some companies in China, while the companies to be
| authorized still need to obtain qualification approval by China's
| Ministry of Information Industry, sources said.
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http://www.cabi.net.cn/view_article.php?id=469
This project is partly funded by Google I might add.
Google Sponsors the LinuxBIOS project
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| The LinuxBIOS project aims to take down the last barrier in Open
| Source systems by providing a free firmware (BIOS) implementation.
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http://addict3d.org/index.php?page=viewarticle&type=news&ID=31343
Best wishes,
Roy
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