Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 2 May 2007 20:25:05 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards |
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On May 1 2007 15:41, Vlad wrote: >H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> I'm rewriting the i386 setup code in C, instead of assembly, >> and before I spend a very large amount of time translating >> all the various card-specific probes, I want to ask the >> following question... >> >> Does *anyone* care about these anymore? > >Yes, booting Linux on old i386/i486 hardware is still very useful for >forensic purposes and recovering important data.
Not only that, but there's tons of fun involved. I mean, when was the last time you ran a *recent* kernel from the 2006/2007 era on an original i386 from 1990 with 3 bogomips? :) (Though I guess these boxes don't have any 'modern' video besides 640x480x16 or 320x200x256 anyway.)
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