Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels

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From
Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Date
11 Jan 2000 19:57:40
Subject
Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels
Message-ID
200001120404.UAA04357@mass.cdrom.com

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> > No. If you think about what BIOS code actually does, this should really
> > be fairly obvious.
>
> Sorry, I'm clueless 8). What does it do, exactly?

Provides an abstract interface to a completely arbitrary hardware
instance. Since there are no hardware standards at this level, you'd have
to duplicate the unix-specific BIOS for every piece of hardware out there.

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