[LinuxBIOS] Port V1 -> V2

joe at smittys.pointclark.net joe at smittys.pointclark.net
Thu Feb 22 13:57:35 CET 2007


Quoting Uwe Hermann <uwe at hermann-uwe.de>:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 06:24:25PM -0500, joe at smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
>> I guess what I mean below is I have a tv-out encoder chip that I would
>> like to enable at boot (at the bios level). Can anyone point me in the
>> right direction?
>
> You mean a Linux kernel driver?
>
> The way to go would then be to use LinuxBIOS to boot a small Linux
> kernel as payload with that driver (you can put all of that in the BIOS
> chip if it's big enough).
>
>
> Uwe.
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Yep it is a kernel port driver. This is what I thought would need to  
be done. If I do it this way though I will not be able to use filo or  
etherboot. Is that correct?

Thanks - Joe






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