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SubjectRe: Linux/ix86 booting process and BIOS
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Strohm Thomas (FV/SLD) * wrote:

> > > - To which extent is the initialization stuff performed by the BIOS
> repeated

If you find an 'open BIOS' source somewhere, where you add your board-
specific stuff, but it has the drivers for generic stuff like the
floppy, etc., I sure would like to know.

This would save 'Intel embedded' systems the cost of a licensed PROM
that is never used once the machine is up.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).


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