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Date:      Fri, 13 Dec 2002 15:44:26 -0700 (MST)
From:      "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@lanl.gov>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FAQ] The Open Source Stackable PC BIOS (fwd)
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212131543160.29271-100000@carotid.ccs.lanl.gov>
In-Reply-To: <3DFA04FC.74881767@mindspring.com>

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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


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