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    takemehomegrandma
    Posts: 2720 from 2003/2/24
    No, AFAIK the new version of the OF has not yet been released. But if you had anything to say about the development of the Pegasos Open Firmware implementation, what would you ask for? What features, fixes, etc would you suggest?

    I would like to see the following:

    1. A possibility to set an "ide-delay" system variable in the OF. A "setenv ide-delay 3" command could perhaps take care of cold booting problems on slow-starting Seagate HDD's (and certain IBM's) on G4 systems in a "cleaner" way than manually editing a delay loop in the nvramrc?

    2. Ability to read more file systems.

    3. Ability to use USB mouse and keyboard in the OF.

    4. Ability to boot from USB mass storage devices.

    5. MACs for *both* gigabit interfaces.

    6. I don't know which (if any) of the hardware performance aspects that is set by the firmware, and/or set in hardware. I think it would be cool to be able to change clock speeds etc from the open firmware in some way. Perhaps through a few "preset programmes", ranging from "100% fail-safe" to "aggressive overcklocking".

    Any more suggestions/wishes?
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