Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020

Intel is planning to end "legacy BIOS" support in their new platforms by 2020 in requiring UEFI Class 3 or higher...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Legacy-BIOS-EOL-2020

[starshipeleven]

inb4 people screaming at the obsolescence or something.

I'm kinda saddened by the loss of the legacy BIOS mode as it's a loss of options, and I laugh in the face of statements like "will mitigate some security risks" or "allows for supporting more modern technologies" as it's just a module running in the shittiest firmware architecture ever.

I wonder if there is any EFI application that can take the place of CSM/legacy bios mode.

I personally don't mind much about its loss.

[c117152]

I wonder if there is any EFI application that can take the place of CSM/legacy bios mode.

Clover uses SeaBIOS to do just that.

[torsionbar28]

Well, this is one area where Itanium was ahead of the curve. It has always been EFI-only since its inception in 2001.

[c117152]

I wonder if there is any EFI application that can take the place of CSM/legacy bios mode.

Clover uses SeaBIOS to do just that.

[uid313]

You could use coreboot with the SeaBIOS payload if you want a BIOS system.
But that probably wouldn't work unless you had some very specific board and chipset that were supported.

[Anvil]

Has AMD done this yet?

[rastersoft]

Funny: I tried to disable CSM in my system, and it complained during boot because... my graphic card needs it!

[grok]

Soon : Intel announces the removal of keyboard support.
Focusing on the mouse will allow developers to pursue exciting new technologies, and mitigate security issues.

[grok]

Funny: I tried to disable CSM in my system, and it complained during boot because... my graphic card needs it!

great that you weren't left with an irrecoverable display-less system