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SubjectRe: Linux/ix86 booting process and BIOS
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Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.1000221170229.29452A-100000@chaos.analogic.com>
By author: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> 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.
>

You don't really need a BIOS for Linux; with some modifications to
setup.S you can use a custom initialization PROM.

-hpa
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