* Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020729 21:36]:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
>
> > It's probably nothing of use, but iirc on Milo/AXP i can only do this
> > _after_ I know where my cpu/mainboard specific inb/outb are. This
> > part is in the x86 startup code, so it's a non issue. 2nd LinuxBIOS
> > does not use the ill kernel linking milo does, so even on other
> > platforms it won't hurt. Just came to my mind.
>
> so stefan, is this early post of mine ok are not? should it be protected
> by a CONFIG_ option?
This is in crt0.base for i386, so I suggest just leaving it as is.
It's extremely unlikely that there will ever be x86 CPUs with such
a broken^H^H^H^H^H^Henhancable IO scheme as on Alpha.
Stefan
--
The x86 isn't all that complex - it just doesn't make a lot of
sense. -- Mike Johnson, Leader of 80x86 Design at AMD
Microprocessor Report (1994)
