Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020

[starshipeleven]

Has AMD done this yet?

Will probably follow suit, as Intel dictates UEFI spec for everyone.

[starshipeleven]

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

Mh, I forgot about OpROMs and cards.

So in 2020 we won't be able to use GPUs from before 2012. Are cards without a boot component affected too? (like say pcie USB 3.0 cards or non-raid SAS controller cards)

(fixed date)

[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

[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.

[rastersoft]

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

[Anvil]

Has AMD done this yet?

[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.

[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.