On 4/22/09, Dieter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What is the initial target: i386 or x64?  I assume =20
>
> > that we need to support both, correct?

The BIOS is 16-bit x86 real-mode.

>
> Planning on writing in assembler?
>
>  Alpha, AMD64, MIPS, PPC, Sparc, x86, ...

Anything non-x86 doesn't need VGA, so this is moot.  Other platforms,
like SPARC can support consoles on graphical displays.  We invite
someone to add OpenBoot code to our PROM.  :)


-- 
Timothy Normand Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti
Open Graphics Project
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