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... -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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