From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 14:37:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ECC1106567F for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [217.20.163.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0093F8FC1B for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D91C1744003 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:29 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at falcon.cybervisiontech.com Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id A8suET7ybQg6 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:29 +0300 (EEST) Received: from [10.2.1.87] (gateway.cybervisiontech.com.ua [88.81.251.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84517744001 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:29 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <482D9C28.8080805@icyb.net.ua> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:37:28 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080311) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: freebsd i386 and bios X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:32 -0000 Does i386 FreeBSD depend for anything important on "traditional" BIOS or will it be able to load and work without it? I mean with something like coreboot. -- Andriy Gapon