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From: <ebi...@ln...> - 2001-04-25 20:46:20
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Dirk von Suchodoletz <di...@go...> writes: > > And just so you know there's no rest for the wicked, here's a todo list. > > > > http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/todo.html > > > > If you think something ought to be on the list, discuss it on the > > developer list and I'll add it if it's technically worthy. That doesn't > > mean that I or anyone else for that matter will promise to do it. In > > fact, I'm hoping, against hope as always, that people other than the > > usual suspects (you know who you are) will take up the challenge. :-) > > Moin, > under the "BIOS" part was mentioned a tool for flashing biosses. > There is such a thing in development: The /dev/bios project -> > http://www.freiburg.linux.de/~stepan/bios/ > for the linux kernel. With an older version I was able to flash the bios > of some older socket7 intel vx mainboards. Unfortunately it does not > compile for the 2.4.X kernel series at the moment. It does not work with > relatively new chipsets and biosses greater than 256kByte. It would > improve the efficiency of my work, if I had such a tool for linux, because > I have no diskdrives installed on about 300 X terminals :-) > > I mailed the guy some weeks ago, but he is working on porting SuSE-linux > to axp (?) platform. Maybe if some more people asking him for this tool he > gives some more efforts to this project :-) Actually this work just needs to get folded into the current mtd drivers in the 2.4 kernel. The infrastructure is nicer and they are being actively developed and maintained. Eric |
