Re: [BULK] RFC: Generic shadow mechanism useable from a payload

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Richard Smith  [050131 17:20]:
> > something I have been wondering. Suppose someone starts working on that
> > IDE driver to fix it for once in bochs bios. Won't we find out that
> > getting it work right is chip-set specific thing?
> >
> > curently bochs bios is based on intel 440fx chipset or some such.
>
> I don't think so.  FILO does it right.  Is it chipset specific?

It just uses the generic IDE io interface. No chipset specifics are
needed for IDE. Booting USB or PCMCIA is a bit trickier though.

Stefan