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Hello,

On Apr 23, 2007, at 08:07, Matthias Scheler wrote:

>> ... we grab that and compare when disks attach, via
>> device_register(). Grossly simplified but that's how it works.
>
> That sounds similar to what NetBSD-sparc64 is doing.

Well, OBP3 is OpenFirmware.

While we're at it - how does x86 select the console device? On OF we 
just ask the firmware again but as far as I remember there is no such 
facility in a PC's BIOS.

have fun
Michael
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