From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763014AbXEKS7o (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 14:59:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762738AbXEKS7e (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 14:59:34 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:3119 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754173AbXEKS7d (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 May 2007 14:59:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:23:30 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot Message-ID: <20070511182329.GJ4052@ucw.cz> References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > 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-$-Laptop should now be able to use Windows. > As it's using LinuxBIOS, this could also be interesting. However, > maybe Microsoft simply modifies a special Windows for this, or they > integrate a ClosedSource part in that LinuxBIOS, I don't know ... :-( I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60] helo=spitz.ucw.cz) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1HmaL1-0001rg-Ds for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:59:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:23:30 +0000 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot Message-ID: <20070511182329.GJ4052@ucw.cz> References: <20070406154628.GG12005@jukie.net> <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070429094135.GA10948@suse.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: kexec-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt Hi! > > It may also be worth investigating if it is possible to bypass > > the part of windows that uses BIOS calls. I really don't have > > a clue how a modern windows systems boots. > > I think ReactOS has a bootlader that can also boot Windows, or at > least they are close to booting the Windows kernel. That bootloader > could be then used for booting Windows without BIOS calls. > > I also heard that the 100-$-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 ... :-( I do not think OLPC is using linuxBIOS these days. What they have certainly looks like Sun's ROM monitor. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec