Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932632AbVLFVdh (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:33:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932640AbVLFVdh (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:33:37 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:28057 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932632AbVLFVdg (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:33:36 -0500 Message-ID: <4396039B.2010405@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 16:33:15 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: David Woodhouse , Brian Gerst , Andrea Arcangeli , William Lee Irwin III , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <43944F42.2070207@didntduck.org> <20051206030828.GA823@opteron.random> <4394696B.6060008@didntduck.org> <1133894575.4136.171.camel@baythorne.infradead.org> <1133897035.23610.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1133897035.23610.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 18:42 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > >>There's some work on reverse-engineering the BIOS so that you can >>hackishly poke 'new' modes into its tables, but it's still not a very >>good option. > > > Especially as the BIOS interface at the low level for the analogue end > and the logic driving it is board specific. Intel have been fairly clear > why they use the BIOS interface. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 994 Lines: 32 Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 18:42 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > >>There's some work on reverse-engineering the BIOS so that you can >>hackishly poke 'new' modes into its tables, but it's still not a very >>good option. > > > Especially as the BIOS interface at the low level for the analogue end > and the logic driving it is board specific. Intel have been fairly clear > why they use the BIOS interface. [utter, complete, abrupt tangent] Since people are talking about BIOS, that made me remember that I wanted to mention something of minor significance: Marvell GPL'd their storage BIOS that ships with their 50xx and 60xx cards. x86 code, not OF. FWIW. Now you may return to your regularly scheduled flamewar... Jeff - 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/