From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756512AbXD2Q3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:29:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756516AbXD2Q3T (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:29:19 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([209.217.80.40]:42946 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756512AbXD2Q3S (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:29:18 -0400 Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot From: David Woodhouse To: Bernhard Walle Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt In-Reply-To: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:28:59 +0100 Message-Id: <1177864139.3085.37.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 (2.10.1-4.fc7.dwmw2.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:41 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. > As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, > maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they > integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-( You heard wrong. Microsoft have a few early test units and are trying to get Windows to boot on it. I believe their plan involves replacing LinuxBIOS with a 'normal' PC BIOS. -- dwmw2 From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot From: David Woodhouse In-Reply-To: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:28:59 +0100 Message-Id: <1177864139.3085.37.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Bernhard Walle Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt On Sun, 2007-04-29 at 11:41 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. > As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, > maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they > integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-( You heard wrong. Microsoft have a few early test units and are trying to get Windows to boot on it. I believe their plan involves replacing LinuxBIOS with a 'normal' PC BIOS. -- dwmw2 _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec