Re: [gentoo-embedded] Embedded Not a Blog

[Matthijs Kooijman]

Hi Peter,

> > http://pcengines.ch/alix.htm
>
> Sorry, wanted to mention that they run very well with coreboot, an
> open source replacement for the BIOS. You can do many really nice
> things for embedded when you can control also the boot firmware.
It seems that these boards are shipped with TinyBIOS, which is also release
under an open license. Is coreboot so much faster/more open/better?

Also, I don't see any removable flash chip on the boards. Does this mean that
if^H^Hwhen you brick the board, it's over, or is there some backdoor?

Gr.

Matthijs