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

H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-02T20:50:11Z

Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> I agree; that code can all go.
>
> What also seems to miss are the early CPUID checks I recently added
> and which x86-64 has for some time.
>
> Also if you ever add x86-64 support it does an additional BIOS
> call to tell the BIOS it is 64bit.
>

Will do. I'd like to make this code unified between i386 and x86-64.

-hpa