Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 20:18:18 -0700 (PDT) From: David Filo <filo@yahoo.com> To: mike@smith.net.au Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: biosboot/start.S needs fix for Intel AL440LX motherboard Message-ID: <199710170318.UAA22876@ns2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <199710170310.MAA00386@word.smith.net.au> (message from Mike Smith on Fri, 17 Oct 1997 12:40:08 %2B0930)
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> > > > > Forcing %dl to $0x80 (which is what bteasy appears to do) solves the > > > > problem for me. I assume the real solution is a bit more complex than > > > > this. I suppose this could be due to some weird BIOS setting, but I > > > > think I pretty much tried everything. This board will be popular, so > > > > would be nice to get this fixed. > > > > > > Unless Intel are angling for compatability with some other standard, I > > > think the correct fix will be a BIOS upgrade. If they are, it'd be > > > handy to know which one, so that we can detect and support it. > > I should point out that, having just checked, their practice of passing > 0 in %dl to the bootstrap is in direct violation of the BIOS Boot > Specification version 1.01, 11 Jan 1997. Quoting: > > > Do you have any idea who is responsible for this BIOS? (ie. is it an > Intel in-house job, or a third party like Phoenix or Award?) > it's a phoenix bios. of course it's possible that i'm just being stupid and there's an option somewhere that needs to be changed. still looking..
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