diff b/w BIOS and driver

[r_prabhakara@lko.tcs.co.in]

hi all,
        this is a pretty basix qn. how exactly the BIOS functioning are different from the device driver's functionality, since both of them control the i/o devices. i have read somewhere that we can bypass the BIOS for speedier access to I/O devices. how it's done? 
thankx for ur time. 
-Prabhakar
 
--
Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel.
Archive:       http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/
FAQ:           http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/