P4 powerup register value

Stefan Reinauer stepan at openbios.org
Thu Sep 30 08:00:01 CEST 2004


* Peter Stuge <stuge-linuxbios at cdy.org> [040930 15:07]:
> Hmm? eax, ebx, ecx and edx are the 32 bit standard registers that
> have been around since the 386. I believe they don't have any meaning
> at power on. Their values, if defined, would be listed in a
> programming manual for the P4. (Or the 386.)

Some actually do have a meaning. Have a look at the freebios2 tree:

        freebios2/cpu/i386/bist32.inc

Stefan




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