Re: [LinuxBIOS] Support for recent chipset and powerful desktop CPU

[Ed Swierk]

On 11/29/06, Lu, Yinghai  wrote:
> Too late.

Translation: LinuxBIOS cannot access the serial port on a PCI card
until late in the boot process, after initializing and scanning the
PCI bus. Only a serial port integrated into the mainboard chipset can
be initialized early enough to be useful for debugging.

--Ed