Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:30:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:30:13 -0500 Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com ([207.69.200.110]:27402 "EHLO smtp6.mindspring.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 4 Mar 2001 13:30:05 -0500 Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 12:29:47 -0600 From: Matthew Fredrickson To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Slightly OT] x86 PROM project Message-ID: <20010304122947.A11041@frednet.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. Matthew Fredrickson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/