Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:21:11 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> writes: > >>> Not that the x86 BIOS is bad. It is nearly a marvel in it's simplicity >>> and ubiquitousness, >> Simplicity? That must be why x86 motherbords are shipping with (compressed) >> 8MB BIOS flash chips now. > > Those would be 8 megabit chips, and those would be server motherboards > you are looking. Most likely the ones that are starting to think ahead > to EFI support. >
No, 4-8 MB chips are starting to be deployed, but the bulk is for OS-less applications.
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