[OpenBIOS] Secure BIOS for voting?
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl.openbios at telemetry.co.uk
Tue Jul 23 23:12:12 CEST 2013
Tarl Neustaedter wrote:
> On 2013-Jul-23 16:15 , Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> And having the USB keyboard work (which means USB HID support, USB hub
>>> support, USB controller support, PCI support, etc).
>>
>> Although IIRC there's a simplified protocol for the keyboard,
>> specifically for BIOS support. I've seen people discussing that in the
>> context of devices such as the Parallax Propeller which don't really
>> have USB support.
>
> Not for USB. Whatever they may be talking about, they aren't getting USB
> - there's no real way to enable EHCI/OHCI/UHCI/XHCI without implementing
> the entire shebang.
I was thinking of HIDBP, which on checking I find requires a controller
chip like the MAX3421E. I was wrong to imply the bus could be handled
directly.
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
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