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> Isn't this pretty much standard in this day and age? If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ? One of my main issues is t
by sidkshatriya 6mo ago
> Isn't this pretty much standard in this day and age?
If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ?
One of my main issues is that this means your BIOS has to have a WiFi software stack in it, have a TLS stack in it etc. Basically millions of lines of extra code. Most of it in a blob never to be seen by more than a few engineers.
Though in another a way allowing BIOS to perform self updates is good because it doesn't matter if you've installed FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows, <any other os> you will be able to update your BIOS.
- trvz 6mo agoI fully expect any BIOS to have millions of unnecessary lines of code already though. May as well have a bit more for user convenience.
- ethbr1 6mo ago> If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ? Next thing you'll be telling me that you have a problem piping internet hosted install scripts directly into shell!