Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rl_dane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> Unlike bare-metal support for old <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DirectX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirectX</span></a> versions I am convinced <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MDA</span></a> will stay for multiple reasons: </p><ul><li>Everything from the simplest <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a> to most expensive commercial <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UNIX</span></a> rely on it for local outputs so much so that even the cheapest GPU one can buy new (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SiliconMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconMotion</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SM750" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SM750</span></a>) and <em>every</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BMC</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iKVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iKVM</span></a> needs to support it.</li></ul><p>Like I'm convinced it's economical suicide if any vendor decides to brick early boot messages on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RHEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RHEL</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SLES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLES</span></a>, etc. for no valid reason.</p><ul><li>Also MDA is the simplest mode and even if done entirely in Firmware on the GPU will be performant enough to deliver 60Hz & 60fps constantly.</li></ul><p>Like I'm surprised noone has built a <a href="https://github.com/KBtechnologies/LOMcard" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>"LOM Card"</em></a> to offer hardware-independent iKVM/BMC & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LOM</span></a> capabilities to <em>any system</em> with like a (Mini-)PCIe (x1) slot...</p>