On Dec 15 2007 17:46, Alan Cox wrote: > >> My understanding is that the linux starts in real mode, and uses the >> BIOS for such things as reading the very first image. > >Not always. We may enter from 32bit in some cases, and we may also not >have a PC BIOS in the first place.
Computers without a PC BIOS (I'm trying to think of something, e.g. the typical SUN sparc64 box) should have other means of accessing a clocksource, no? -- 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/
