| ▲ | sidkshatriya 4 days ago | |
> Isn't this pretty much standard in this day and age? If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ? One of my main issues is that this means your BIOS has to have a WiFi software stack in it, have a TLS stack in it etc. Basically millions of lines of extra code. Most of it in a blob never to be seen by more than a few engineers. Though in another a way allowing BIOS to perform self updates is good because it doesn't matter if you've installed FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows, <any other os> you will be able to update your BIOS. | ||
| ▲ | ethbr1 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> If something is "standard" nowadays does it mean it is the right way to go ? Next thing you'll be telling me that you have a problem piping internet hosted install scripts directly into shell! | ||
| ▲ | trvz 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
I fully expect any BIOS to have millions of unnecessary lines of code already though. May as well have a bit more for user convenience. | ||