[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0
From: |
Stefan Reinauer |
Subject: |
Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0 |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:46:28 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) |
Jordan Justen wrote:
> I'm not going to take a side on this matter. But, I think what will
> be more important is what is used in the majority of OS's and systems.
> This is why we still put the 16-bit legacy BIOS as the #1 priority
> after ~30 years. But, like I mention, I think there are signs that
> this may shift towards UEFI at some point.
>
Looking at today's OSes, the BIOS "interface" is basically completely
unused except for loading the OS kernel.
For future generations of firmware and computers and virtual machines it
might make sense to optimize with that situation in mind.
The industry we're working in does not see UEFI can cope with the
problems firmware has today, unfortunately. After seeing EFI fail so
badly with the Itanium it would certainly be nice to see if something
can evolve from it in a decade, or two. We're watching excitedly.
All the best,
Stefan
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Gleb Natapov, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Peter Stuge, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, ron minnich, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Gleb Natapov, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Peter Stuge, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Kevin O'Connor, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Gleb Natapov, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Jordan Justen, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0,
Stefan Reinauer <=
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Patrick Georgi, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Jordan Justen, 2009/10/03
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Anthony Liguori, 2009/10/04
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Natalia Portillo, 2009/10/04
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, 2009/10/04
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Natalia Portillo, 2009/10/04
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger, 2009/10/04
- Message not available
- Message not available
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Natalia Portillo, 2009/10/04
- Re: [coreboot] [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Lennart Sorensen, 2009/10/05
- Re: [Qemu-devel] Release plan for 0.12.0, Jordan Justen, 2009/10/02