>As the original author of the x86 pnp bios driver I recently received a >request to add the API to access the information related to the BIOS >Boot Specification (BBS), which is accessible through the PNP BIOS >interface with functions 0x60 through 0x66. > >Seeing that a) there apparently are only few protected mode compatible >versions out (both systems I tried a preliminary patch on >required major >efforts and GPF fixing), and b) the PNP BIOS is basically obsolete I >wonder if this information is available via ACPI so I can point out >these facts and a better API to the interested person. Do you have any >information on this? > >For your short reference, the BBS is meant to allow userspace programs >request and set information on bootable devices and the order these >devices are tried on. > >Best regards, >Christian Christian, I'm not aware of specific ACPI hooks allowing a user to observe or select device boot priority. cc-ing the list in case others know better than me. -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
