On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 22:55:37 -0700 (PDT) 
 Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com> wrote:

 > > So instead of probing the devices itself or asking the BIOS or asking
 > > OpenFirmware, the kernel has to ask I2O (or something else), yes?
 > 
 > Yes, but I2O is presumably documented, so you don't need the BIOS as much.

Yes, but good luck getting it.  It requires a large fee and a nasty NDA.

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