Re: No BIOS, load Linux fr EEPROM
Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:32:04 -0400
> > Anyway I don't think the kernel actually uses it unless you're
> > booting off a floppy. The _loader_ will use it, but not the kernel AFAIK.
> There is some cases when reboot is made thru BIOS
> (look at .../i386/kernel/process.c). May be other,
> more significant pieces of code depends from BIOS.
APM is thru the BIOS.
ACPI is thru the BIOS (if ever supported).
Some amount PnP (garbage) is done by the BIOS.
Some PCI stuff is done with the BIOS (but 2.1 has direct PCI support now)
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