linux-kernel - Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

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Message-Id: <1177864139.3085.37.camel@pmac.infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:28:59 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>
Cc:	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Subject: Re: [Fastboot] restoring x86 BIOS state before reboot

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

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