Subject: Re: putting functionality in firmware vs OS
To: Jason Thorpe , Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/31/1998 05:08:59
On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 10:59:29AM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 22:55:37 -0700 (PDT) 
>  Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com> wrote:
> 
>  > > So instead of probing the devices itself or asking the BIOS or asking
>  > > OpenFirmware, the kernel has to ask I2O (or something else), yes?
>  > 
>  > Yes, but I2O is presumably documented, so you don't need the BIOS as much.
> 
> Yes, but good luck getting it.  It requires a large fee and a nasty NDA.

I'll agree to the "nasty NDA" part.  The price is IMHO not a problem (it's
$100).

Eivind.