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
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