Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:54:27 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards |
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Andi Kleen wrote: >> 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.
Very little of that is the actual BIOS, though. Most of it is generally QuickPlay, which tends to be a Linux system...
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