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Message-ID: <m1ejm38cgs.fsf@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:46:59 -0600 From: ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman) To: kexec@...ts.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de> writes: > * Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> [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 ... :-( I know it isn't a ClosedSource part in LinuxBIOS. In any particular case you can work through the details, and make it work. The hard part is making the general case work. Eric - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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