Subject: Re: Selection of the root partition
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/23/2007 21:05:41
On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 02:20:54PM -0400, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> 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.

I think the info is just passed from the boot loader (VGA or a com port)

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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