From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 24 13:18:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA15147 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 13:18:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA15139 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 13:18:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id XAA13176; Sat, 24 May 1997 23:19:18 +0300 (EEST) Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 23:19:18 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: Don Yuniskis cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: diskless hardware *design* suggestions (BIOS) In-Reply-To: <199705241946.MAA03270@seagull.rtd.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 May 1997, Don Yuniskis wrote: > > > I'm hacking together an SC400 (486/66 PC on a chip) based design > > > and would like that design to serve double duty as the core of an > > > FBSD-based diskless system (e.g., a small X-terminal). > > > > Hey, you get to write the BIOS! :-) Unless, of course you opt to use one > > distributed by AMD with the evaluation board. > > It was my understanding that FBSD doesn't *use* any of the BIOS hooks > (aside from grabbing the initial boot loader off the disk, etc. -- in > my case, it would be similar to grabbing an initial packet off the network) > Yes, the only part of BIOS you need to write is the system setup + network support. Also some text-mode graphics to see the self-test results/setup screen (to the extent you want them). Sander [a huge snip]