You can put more than one graphics BIOS for more than one platform into the same PROM. So you can develop boot code for each supported platform.
On 2/27/08, matt hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i not not a graphics card expert but have been told that current > proprietary cards run initialization code on the host cpu during > boot. for example an nvidia for x86 will not work on a ppc g5 mac or > the other way around since they run code on the cpu. how does the > open graphics card boot ? can it be swapped from an intel x86 to a > ppc or any other cpu without change ? > > thanks > > matt > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > -- Timothy Normand Miller http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti Open Graphics Project _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
