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How are architecture-independent bytecode-based option ROM drivers the good bits in the context of open source systems?
by tremon 4y ago
How are architecture-independent bytecode-based option ROM drivers the good bits in the context of open source systems?
- catiopatio 4y agoYou could ship bootable PCI cards that worked on any OF-capable architecture. Open source doesn’t mean not shipping binaries.
- vetinari 4y agoIt was Forth bytecode; the disassembly was pretty readable, without any fancy tools, straight from the OF console (at least on PPC Macs).
- anthk 4y agoI wonder if anyone could implement an OF binary for the Z-Machine. Can OF read files? I mean, not just booting them into memory at $ADDRESS, but read/parse them. I know a Tetris it's doable.
- eschaton 4y agoHow are they NOT the BEST bits? With Open Firmware you can build Open Source systems that boot on hardware that you’ve not only never seen but never will see. Open Firmware + ELF can still be our future if we embrace it.
- calvin_ 4y agoExcept no one wants to write drivers in Forth.