Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932488AbVLGFZq (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:25:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932548AbVLGFZq (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:25:46 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:29852 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932488AbVLGFZq (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 00:25:46 -0500 Message-ID: <4396724B.9090408@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:25:31 -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: "Wed, 7 Dec 2005 03:06:35 +0100" CC: Coywolf Qi Hunt , luke-jr@utopios.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario References: <21d7e9970512051610n1244467am12adc8373c1a4473@mail.gmail.com> <20051206040820.GB26602@kroah.com> <2cd57c900512052358m5b631204i@mail.gmail.com> <200512061856.42493.luke-jr@utopios.org> <2cd57c900512061742s28f57b5eu@mail.gmail.com> <20051207030635.8d0a24c1.grundig@teleline.es> In-Reply-To: <20051207030635.8d0a24c1.grundig@teleline.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; 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: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 03:06:35 +0100 wrote: > different thing. bios and firmware is pretty much part of the hardware, > pretty much like the chips' internal design: it just "does its work". > There's no of point on having open source bioses/firmware if you don't > have the design docs and all the related hardware info aswell. [...] 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: 611 Lines: 16 Wed, 7 Dec 2005 03:06:35 +0100 wrote: > different thing. bios and firmware is pretty much part of the hardware, > pretty much like the chips' internal design: it just "does its work". > There's no of point on having open source bioses/firmware if you don't > have the design docs and all the related hardware info aswell. True for firmware, false for BIOS. 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/