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Can you please explain in wihich respect ACPI and EFI is worse than BIOS ?
by listic 16y ago
Can you please explain in wihich respect ACPI and EFI is worse than BIOS ?
- jarek 16y agoI'd guess it's because BIOS doesn't require OS drivers to work properly.
- sedachv 16y agoEFI is basically binary DRM spyware, and by specification it's impossible to build a fully open source EFI BIOS: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=236384 http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=236384 http://archive.fosdem.org/2007/interview/ronald+g+minnich http://archive.fosdem.org/2007/interview/ronald+g+minnich ACPI drivers are bytecode blobs that the BIOS passes to the kernel, and expects the kernel to interpret in priveleged mode: http://lwn.net/2001/0704/kernel.php3 http://lwn.net/2001/0704/kernel.php3 With the old PC BIOS and APM, it is possible to implement a fully Free Software firmware, with no 3rd party binary crap or DRM malware. http://www.coreboot.org/ http://www.coreboot.org/ does this.