[LinuxBIOS] Booting windows from LinuxBIOS

[Al Boldi]

Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Al Boldi <a1426z at gawab.com> [070504 14:02]:
> > Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> > > * Al Boldi <a1426z at gawab.com> [070504 06:38]:
> > > > > Mitch wrote a fast path resume from RAM for the OLPC Geode
> > > > > hardware. Once you've done that, you find that you've done just
> > > > > about everything to initialize the hardware in the first place; so
> > > > > that code is now used both at boot time and at suspend from RAM
> > > > > time.
> > > >
> > > > I suppose this was done by relying on the ACPI tables?
> > >
> > > No, no ACPI involved.
> >
> > Not even the init tables ACPI depends on?
>
> What init tables?

I think they are called something like DST...

You know, the one part in any legacy BIOS.

> No, OLPC uses no ACPI.

So they probably have their own tables?

> > > Definitely. This is already happening - There is a GSoC project (going
> > > to be done by Jens Freimann) to get a better integration between OFW
> > > and LB done.
> >
> > I was more thinking of merging the projects; or is there an advantage of
> > keeping them separate?
>
> This is like merging the Linux kernel and glibc. They're doing different
> stuff.

But, I thought OFW is a BIOS replacement and more. No?  Does OLPC still 
depend on LinuxBIOS?  Or on some other BIOS.  The picture isn't clear.


Thanks!

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Al