Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards

H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-01T02:55:28Z

Andi Kleen wrote:
>> Not that the x86 BIOS is bad. It is nearly a marvel in it's simplicity
>> and ubiquitousness,
>
> Simplicity? That must be why x86 motherbords are shipping with (compressed)
> 8MB BIOS flash chips now.

Very little of that is the actual BIOS, though. Most of it is generally
QuickPlay, which tends to be a Linux system...

-hpa