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diff --git a/site/faq/index.php b/site/faq/index.php index f5be008..b2a2c2b 100644 --- a/site/faq/index.php +++ b/site/faq/index.php @@ -845,15 +845,12 @@ <h2 id="bsd">Can I use BSD? <span class="r"><a href="#bsd">#bsd</a></span></h2> <p> - Potentially. It may be possible to boot most BSD systems if you use - the <a href="http://coreboot.org/SeaBIOS">SeaBIOS</a> payload. - Most BSD systems seem to require a full Video BIOS implementation, which - libreboot lacks for the most part, so you won't have a visual display, but you - might be able to use an EHCI debug and/or serial console. + BSD systems require a full Video BIOS, which libreboot lacks (there is a free replacement + on all current systems, but it lacks certain features that GNU/Linux doesn't require). + Translation: X11 won't work in BSD. </p> <p> - FreeBSD is rumoured to be somewhat compatible (with the GRUB payload, even), when booting with - text-mode graphics initialization, but you probably won't be able to use X11. + It may be possible to get a serial console, but beyond that, BSD is useless on libreboot systems. </p> <p> For the most part, BSD systems remain untested in libreboot. |