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points by za_creature 1 day ago | 0 comments
You always have local storage, even if it's a 128Mbit flash chip that stores the firmware. There's no network boot implemented in hardware.
[–] yjftsjthsd-h 1 day ago
I mean, basically just sounds like the status quo but with a smaller initial firmware chaining to a user-flashable second stage. Which I'd certainly support, but that... just sounds like coreboot? (Which is an initial firmware that usually gets combined with tianocore to provide UEFI or seabios or ...)
[–] za_creature 22 hours ago
Sadly, coreboot is not a standard, though I guess it could very well become one since I doubt there are many uefi implementations that diverge significantly from tianocore.

Even then, I'd rather have a modular mix-and-match approach (e.g. vendors only provide drivers, completely independent from the stage 2 payload) rather than the current fork, tweak, add kitchen sink, compile & forget status quo.