Re: PATCH: Update for the serial driver.

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
3 Sep 1999 08:04:36 GMT


Followup to: <7qns4u$k3p$1@palladium.transmeta.com>
By author: hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin)
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > Or, alternatively, to boot up your system with a dumb-as-a-rock
> > BIOS driver, then switch to a better driver as the installation
> > proceeds.
>
> The problem is that Linux and the BIOS do not get along, at all.
> (Yes, Ross Biro did a bios16 driver a long time ago. It didn't work
> well back then, either.)
>

I perhaps should clarify this. In fact, a big raison d'être for
Genesis is that, since it *isn't* a full-blown Linux kernel, it keeps
the life-link to the BIOS until it has gathered up enough pieces to
make sure the system can pull itself up.

So, the (long-term) idea behind Genesis is exactly this. There is a
lot of code to be written between here and there; I hadn't quite
planned to make this as public so soon.

-hpa

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