Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:48:57 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux/ix86 booting process and BIOS |
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, aasloan wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, root@chaos.analogic.com wrote: > > If you find a BIOS it will be in 'C' and Intel asm. There's no way > > anybody would have used AT&T (chicken v.s. egg problem). > > > > I agree the code is a mess. Further: > > o There is no makefile. > > o There is no way to make the executable file that does something, > > possibly the final relocations and checksum (no source). > > o The 'ASM' sources will assemble. However, they don't link into > > a BIOS rom. Something is missing. > > > > If your looking at the same file I am, the makefile is bios.mak, its > an nmake makefile.
Okay thanks.
Cheers, Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.41 on an i686 machine (800.63 BogoMips).
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