Re: [Etherboot-users] Q: BIOS boot order selection?

[KEN Y. <ke...@em...>]

> > I doubt if this is the problem but try Preston's hack. If it works then
> > I need to add an #ifndef PNP_BUT_NOT_BBS_COMPLIANT around those lines.
> 
> O.k. I have tested two different boards and I have come up with two
> different results.  But Prestons's hack made them both work.
> 
> 
> 1) The version of gas I'm using doesn't default to the %es segment
>    when you say %di.	
>    So we need to say.
>         cmpw	$'$'+'P'*256,%es:0(%di)
> 	jne	notpnp
> 	cmpw	$'n'+'P'*256,%es:2(%di)
> 	jne	notpnp
> 
>    This fixes the tyan thunder k7 dual amd board.  This has a phoenix
>    server BIOS.
> 
>    The version of gas with the misfeature is:
> [eric@DLT src]$ as -version
> GNU assembler 2.10.90
> Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
> This assembler was configured for a target of `i686-pc-linux'.
> 
> 2) On a ~ 2year old board with an award bios. It does fail to pass the
>    PnP Installation Check structure.  So we do need something like
>    BBS_BUT_NOT_PNP ...  

Ah great, thanks. I now have enough excuses to release 5.04 when I get back from LinuxWorld Expo. Met Marty and Markus yesterday. The booth craziness starts tomorrow.
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