Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Feb 2000 03:17:48 -0800 (PST) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Linux/ix86 booting process and BIOS |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Strohm Thomas (FV/SLD) * wrote:
> My question now is: > - To which extent is the initialization stuff performed by the BIOS repeated > by Linux kernel?
Everything the BIOS gets "wrong"......
> - Which tasks really have to be performed by the BIOS? What does Linux rely > on?
Nothing soon, I would like to see the DEATH of BIOS calls!
> - Could one imagine a BIOS which (basically) just initializes IDE, > loads LILO and jumps to it? (assuming that we boot from hda).
Oh, if life was that simple, I would not be here!
Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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