Hello.
Accidentally, here...: http://www.acorp.com.tw/eng/download/download02.asp?pronameid=330&lineid... http://www.acorp.com.tw/eng/driver/INTEL/865/4865GQET/4865GQET14.zip
...I found a BIOS which contains an uncompressed BIOS module with the string: "GCC: (GNU) egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)"
Here is the CBROM32 output: CBROM32 V1.45 [08/03/04 Release] (C)Phoenix Technologies 2001-2004
******** 4865GQET14.BIN BIOS component ********
No. Item-Name Original-Size
Compressed-Size Original-File-Name ================================================================================ 0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K) 1359Bh(77.40K) GQET.BIN 1. XGROUP CODE 0ACB0h(43.17K) 07560h(29.34K) awardext.rom 2. CPU micro code 04000h(16.00K) 03F9Fh(15.91K) CPUCODE.BIN 3. ACPI table 03A34h(14.55K) 0164Ah(5.57K) ACPITBL.BIN 4. EPA LOGO 0168Ch(5.64K) 002AAh(0.67K) AwardBmp.bmp 5. YGROUP ROM 061E0h(24.47K) 04127h(16.29K) awardeyt.rom 6. GROUP ROM[ 0] 03F60h(15.84K) 01DDDh(7.47K) _EN_CODE.BIN 7. VGA ROM[1] 0C000h(48.00K) 06C88h(27.13K) SDG_2919.DAT 8. NoCompress ROM 40000h(256.00K) 40028h(256.04K) 040603.dat 9. LOGO BitMap 4B30Ch(300.76K) 02CC6h(11.19K) 865.bmp (SP) NCPUCODE 03000h(12.00K) 03000h(12.00K) NCPUCODE.BIN
Total compress code space = 75000h(468.00K) Total compressed code size = 72C08h(459.01K) Remain compress code space = 023F8h(8.99K)
** Micro Code Information ** Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID | Update ID CPUID ----------------+-----------------+-----------------+------------------- PGA478 17 0F29 | PGA478 2E 0F12 | PGA478 01 0F21 | PGA478 08 0F23 PGA478 1E 0F24 | PGA478 05 0F13 | PGA478 15 0F25 | PGA478 37 0F27 PGA478 17 0F29 | PGA478 12 0F30 | SLOT1 07 0F32 | SLOT1 0B 0F31 SLOT1 07 0F33 |
--> "040603.dat"[NoCompress ROM] contains the string, mentioned above.
It is really unusual that a/an "Award", "Phoenix - Award", "Phoenix", "AMIBIOS" contains such a Linux/GXX related string.
Furthermore, the module: "040603.dat" itself seems to be already packed/compressed anyhow, because of packing the module with ZIP/ACE/RAR/7ZIP has nearly no effect.
Does anybody know, what the sense/task of the module is?