Re: BIOS Vs. Linux

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2010/11/6 Rajat Sharma <fs.rajat@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Greg,
>> So the timing as to when the parameters is not what I was addressing.
>
> From your previous reply, it looked like you are not agreeing with my first
> statement
> "As I can remember, Linux uses BIOS only at the bootup time, after that on a
> running kernel, there is no role of BIOS routines."
> so this bootup time code involves all these sort of initialization, perhaps
> I used 'bootup time' as very abstract word. I think we are on same page.
> BTW with your reply, looks you are also in storage domain.
> Rajat

Storage is my primary area of interest for the last 10+ years.  Before
that it was networking.

My first big UNIX project almost 30 years ago was to design the
hardware for a TOE for a SLIP (serial line IP) implementation.

The TOE hardware was based on 68010 embedded cpu with 8 uarts (really
4 duarts iirc))

I also wrote much of the UNIX driver that talked to the controller.
Someone else wrote the TOE firmware.

Greg

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