Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:05:35 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux/ix86 booting process and BIOS |
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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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