[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> I think that the first things that we should take care about are BIOS32 Service
> Directory and PCI BIOS support. They are really needed since some OSes (like
> Windows) use BIOS32 Service Directory to provide access to PCI BIOS service wich
> in turn is used to access the configuration space for the PCI devices in the
> system. Linux has the ability to choose from BIOS32 services access and direct
> access for the PCI devices. Also some BIOS support should be added at startup in
> order to allocate resources (memory mapped regions, etc)for all PCI devices and
> call the INIT function that reside inside PCI\'s expansion ROM.
True enough.
-Kevin
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MandrakeSoft, Inc. Plex86 developer
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