Subject: Re: PCI Interrupt Routing && BIOS
To: Adam Glass <adamg@microsoft.com>
From: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/08/1999 11:16:57
>> >	Is there some way to find out the contents of the PCI
>> >Interrupt Routing table from the BIOS?  According to Microsoft's PC98
>> >System Design Guide, all "Microsoft Windows 9x-compatible" machines
>> >are required to implement this functionality in BIOS.
>> 
>> that's funny...an operating system telling the hardware designers how
>> to work...hmm.
>
>actually in this case we're just asking hardware manufacturers to describe
>how they wired up their hardware.

the phrasing of "required to implement" is what tickles my funny bone.
i wouldn't expect to find anyone but microsoft's name in front of
something like that...

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