From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756322AbXD2Jli (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:41:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756323AbXD2Jlh (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:41:37 -0400 Received: from ns1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:49470 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756318AbXD2Jlg (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:41:36 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:41:35 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle To: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot Message-ID: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Eric W. Biederman [2007-04-29 08:51]: > > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have > a clue how a modern windows systems boots. I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at least they are close to booting the Windows kernel. That bootloader could be then used for booting Windows without BIOS calls. I also heard that the 100-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-( Thanks, Bernhard From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from ns.suse.de ([195.135.220.2] helo=mx1.suse.de) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.63 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Hi5ur-00063r-Bb for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:42:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:41:35 +0200 From: Bernhard Walle Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot Message-ID: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt * Eric W. Biederman [2007-04-29 08:51]: > > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have > a clue how a modern windows systems boots. I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at least they are close to booting the Windows kernel. That bootloader could be then used for booting Windows without BIOS calls. I also heard that the 100-$-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 ... :-( Thanks, Bernhard _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec