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On 2012-03-14 19:45, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: |
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> BIOS is going the way of the dodo too, but that's besides the point. |
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> I'm actually quite happy with the Linux bluetooth stack (which, if I'm |
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> not mistaken, is used by Android). I have several bluetooth thingies, |
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> they all work great. |
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Sorry, but you're gravely mistaken if you think firmware[1] is going |
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anywhere. You can have all the bluetooth thingies you want but why |
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should they be available at boot time, before you can use them? |
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Excepting a bluetooth keyboard, which to me seems broken by design; |
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you're replacing a keyboard with a cable that just works with something |
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that needs a system up and running to function... |
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[1] (U)EFI is only replacing the runtime interface of BIOS (BIOS will |
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remain). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS#Changing_role_of_the_BIOS |
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And if you want to ditch BIOS altogheter you need to replace it with |
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something like coreboot or Open Firmware. |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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