Re: Motherboard design specifically for Linux

Olaf Titz (olaf@bigred.inka.de)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:23:26 +0200


> I am interested in hearing what features people would
> want to have on a motherboard/mainboard designed from the
> ground up specifically for Linux.

My #1 item: A BIOS that can reliably be configured and boot on a
serial console, so you can assemble and run the box without even
having a video card and keyboard.

Should be able to boot from any SCSI device (CDROM, tape!) whichever
happens to contain a boot sector on power-on.

Then it would need a LM78 hardware monitor with all sensors actually
connected, and its data format thoroughly documented.

olaf

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