[Oberon] oberon-uefi ?

[D EMARD]

HM, obviously something we consider 'trivial' like
3-button mouse can be issue for bare-metal.

I can try to search some simple uefi source example that
supports USB mouse. I have read some blogs that for
uefi PS/2 mouse/kbd is easier than USB and laptops internally
hjave PS/2 kbd and touchpad. Example for this is UEFI-NES
games emulator https://github.com/shadlyd15/NesUEFI
Of course there should be be some way to get working USB mouse.

I tried free memtest86 binary, it works with USB mouse support


On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 9:16 PM Michael Schierl <schierlm at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> Am 06.11.2022 um 19:54 schrieb D EMARD:
>
> > Is there oberon as UEFI executable?
> > It could be bare-metal executable running
> > on modern PC without OS (no need for windows/linux)
>
> I am not aware of one that is running directly in the UEFI boot services
> environment.
>
> I considered porting the Oberon RISC Emulator to UEFI boot services some
> years ago, but I ditched that plan as mouse support in boot services
> envrironment was (depending on hardware) either very rudimentary or
> non-existant. (On my laptop, the touchpad does not work at all, and an
> attached USB mouse works with two buttons but cannot detect both buttons
> simultaneously, so no interclicks).
>
> As most existing bootloaders do not have mouse support, I doubt that the
> situation changed meanwhile. And with Windows 10/11 having switched to
> run the boot option selector outside boot services in the "full" Windows
> environment, I doubt that there will be any more incentives for
> improving mouse support in UEFI boot services environment.
>
> In case your UEFI has working 3-button mouse support in boot services
> environment, feel free to port one of the Oberon distributions or
> emulators to that environment :)
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Michael
>
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