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Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 13:28:55 +0400
From: Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Detecting running platform (specifically EFI) during runtime?
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Is it possible to check at run-time on which platform we are running.
Specifically, any way to distinguish between EFI and legacy BIOS?

TIA

-andrey