talking bios?

[Sean McMahon]

The whole point of having an accessible bios is to troubleshoot problems
which occur before the OS starts.  So a program as part of the os might not
be our best solution.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: talking bios?


> Not a bad idea. However, since different companies have different BIOS
access methods, the program running in the OS would need some sort of an API
probably so that it would provide the same standard interface, while being
able to configure different bioses.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Dawes, Stephen" <Stephen.Dawes at calgary.ca
> >To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:09:00 -0700
> >Subject: RE: talking bios?
>
> >Wouldn't an easier solution be a program that could read from, and write
> >to, the bios, that could be accessed from an already booted computer
> >regardless of the OS?
>
> >In my convoluted way of thinking, it wouldn't then matter which means of
> >accessibility you are using, you could make changes to the bios and have
> >them take effect on reboot.
>
> >Take effect on reboot! HHHMMM!!! What a concept, isn't that when changes
> >to the bios currently take effect?
>
> >This approach then would not need manufacturers having to worry about
> >making something to work for all.
>
> >OH Yeah, maybe we are barking up the wrong tree completely on this one.
> >Earlier this year, I read an article that was talking about the bios as
> >we currently know love is going to be replaced by some new system that
> >will be accessible from tools within the OS. This is because of the
> >16-bit restriction that currently exists in the bios, or so the article
> >was saying. If I have some time latter on today, I'll try to find the
> >article and post it here as another follow-up to this thread.
>
> >Steve Dawes
> >Phone: (403) 268-5527
> >Email: SDawes at calgary.ca
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