Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:17:17 +0200 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: Motherboard design specifically for Linux |
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On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 07:46:53AM -0500, Terry L Ridder wrote: > Hello; > > I am interested in hearing what features people would > want to have on a motherboard/mainboard designed from the > ground up specifically for Linux.
PCI bus in order to be able to use standard components. Maybe onboard SCSI. Optional Multi-CPU support. 21264 bus protocol ? (Which will also be used by AMD-K7 and have the mechanical design of Slot1.) Intelligent BIOS: Understanding Minix, VFAT, isofs and _ext2_ makes booting of any OS very easy. Maybe a part should be flashable just like you can flash MILO into a DEC Alpha. So you hardcode some Flash management into a ROM and have the other parts (PCI Card initialization, CPU setup, Hardware tests, ..., Filesystem interface, ...) flashable.
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