From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 13 14:44:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C68337B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:44:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailrelay1.lanl.gov (mailrelay1.lanl.gov [128.165.4.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC4243EB2 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 14:44:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rminnich@lanl.gov) Received: from ccs.lanl.gov (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mailrelay1.lanl.gov (8.12.3/8.12.3/(ccn-5)) with SMTP id gBDMiR9i005853 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:44:27 -0700 Received: (qmail 10745 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO carotid.ccs.lanl.gov) (128.165.148.162) by 128.165.148.1 with SMTP; 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 Received: (qmail 29529 invoked by uid 3499); 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 (MST) From: "Ronald G. Minnich" X-X-Sender: rminnich@carotid.ccs.lanl.gov To: Terry Lambert Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FAQ] The Open Source Stackable PC BIOS (fwd) In-Reply-To: <3DFA04FC.74881767@mindspring.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > Actually, the interesting part would be a survey of which BIOS > calls are actually used (a survey by a BIOS writer, maybe, hint > hint 8-)). we've got a good fellow on freebsd-clusters doing the survey, and then we're going to see how to hook up freebsd and freebios (aka linuxbios). > The real question is fail-safe on unimplemented BIOS calls, > which should return a characteristic error. good idea! > That doesn't mean you have to implement it in your reduced BIOS, > but it does mean that you have to implement proper indication of > failures, when calls you don't implement are used (again, sorry). gotcha. Thanks, as usual, Terry :-) ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message