Re: Flash BIOS under linux

Dave Jones. (djones2@glam.ac.uk)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 15:43:51 +0000 ( )


On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Mike Panetta wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a kernel or user space facility
> that allows one to flash the BIOS under linux? If such a thing
> exists where would I get it?

To the best of my knowledge this doesn't exist.

And as some BIOS manufacturers are very prohibitive about their
technology, it's unlikely that a generic tool will ever happen.
You /may/ convince some vendors to port to Linux, but I can't see
that happening.

It'll be interesting to see how the OpenBIOS people get around this
problem.

d.
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