Robert Myers wrote: > I just saw the Microsoft video of an XO running XP. In it the XO single > boots from an 'insyde' BIOS. The MS guy says that XP doesn't fit on the > flash, and is installed on an SD card. In this case, I'd guess the flash > is just being used as a home for the BIOS.
The system firmware + Embedded Controller firmware lives in a 1Meg SPI NOR flash part connected to the EC. The 1Gig NAND flash part does not store any system firmware. > I can see why techs at MS did > this to get a working prototype rather than having to wait for (or worse > yet, contribute to) the OF V2 bootloader/BIOS. I prefer to use the term system firmware because BIOS refers to a legacy product class. OpenFirmware's capabilities are so far above a legacy BIOS product you can't even put them on the same scale. -- Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
