From 443f47c77adef7aefe246a80082a5c8a985da2c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:13:01 -0500 Subject: FAQ BSD --- (limited to 'site/faq') 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 @@

Can I use BSD? #bsd

- Potentially. It may be possible to boot most BSD systems if you use - the SeaBIOS 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.

- 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.

For the most part, BSD systems remain untested in libreboot. -- cgit v0.9.1