[linuxdc-dev] LinuxBIOS

[Michael R. <mro...@fu...>]

We should talk to the LinuxBIOS guys about writing a LinuxBIOS for the 
Dreamcast.  This would enable us to bypass burning CDs for the GD-ROM 
and just let us boot over the Ethernet or the Serial port, or the 
Parallel port (HDD).  Basically LinuxBIOS is some assembly and C code 
that initializes the minimum amount of hardware to get Linux up and then 
Linux initializes the rest of the hardware.  In our case it could have a 
custom payload (for booting Linux off of hdd through the Parallel 
port).  The payload is just the code that LinuxBIOS loads which then in 
turn loads the kernel.  This would make development and usability so 
much easier.  Just a suggestion...

Michael Robinson
mro...@fu...
www.fuzzymuzzle.com