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On Gwe, 2005-05-27 at 17:28, Cameron Cooper wrote:
> So even if this is a bad way of doing it, is it even possable?

It's certainly a good way to get started. Several ports began by using
boot firmware drivers and then eventually replaced them.

Does the firmware give you the ability to control MMU mappings ?