[Arm-netbook] I Have An Possible Chance To Meet An ARM Senior Manager

[Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross]

http://rhombus-tech.net/community_ideas/ :
"Hardware init and bootloader vs uboot. coreboot was recently ported to 
ARM and if the current uboot source has no magic then it's probably a 
slam dunk to just have hardware init and a jump to a kernel vs uboot"

So what about coreboot then?

On 08/10/12 14:56, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross wrote:
> Hmm need to refine my wording of my thinking so it is clear.
> Here is what I was thinking:
> Actually I was thing of the history. Neg first then any positives ,if
> there are any.
>
> By good I mean good quality reading/writings not the rubbish most so
> call "journalists" pump out. A good example is the writings by yea FSF.
>
> Not necessary "a solution".
>
>
> Can't think of any questions.
> Thanks
>
> On 08/10/12 14:31, luke.leighton wrote:
>>    ok, correct me if i'm wrong on this, but i get the feeling that what
>> you're actually asking is, "i can see this is is a completely
>> dis-satisfactory situation.  what i would like to know is this: i'd
>> like to read more about what the *solution* is, so that i can feel
>> better"
>>
>>    ... would that be about right, at all? :)
>>
>>    because if so, my answer would be: look, don't dwell on it.  we
>> _know_ that there's no BIOS-like solution, that u-boot makes things
>> worse not better, that Russell King and the other ARM Linux Kernel
>> developers are getting severely overloaded to the point where many of
>> them are beginning to give up BUT what we need is to find a solution
>> that ties things together *despite* all of the disparity.
>>
>>    the only thing that we have quotes control quotes over is at a higher
>> level.  defining hardware standards - groupings of interfaces into
>> common "buses" - that products can be designed around.
>>
>>    other than that: if you really did mean "is there any more reading
>> out there", i've posted occasionally on slashdot and on here, but i
>> don't mind answering questions again, it's always "new" then.
>>
>>    so, ask away, ok?
>>
>> /peace
>>
>> l.