On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:49:36 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
>
>Err... how is a loader that doesn't use BIOS going to access the hard
>disk? I truly hope the answer is not to the effect of requiring
>shitloads of drivers.
It can't, without shitloads of drivers. :)
("I asked you not to tell me that, Ninety-Nine!")
A new loader would need to be written that would have a way to talk to
whatever firmware is in the box, Open Firmware, LinuxBIOS, etc.
(Assuming that the firmware has a proper call-back API, like IEEE-1275.)
Otherwise the loader will be about as complicated as the kernel itself.
So it may as well *be* the kernel and use the same drivers. But then it
stills needs a way to bootstrap it from ROM.
Which is why the LinuxBIOS folks are trying to use Linux as the BIOS. :)
("And we're back to doh doh doh...")
-- Parag
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