From: U21187@uicvm.uic.edu (John Schulien) Subject: Re: How about a Linux kernel that uses the BIOS for harddrive I/O Date: 17 May 1993 17:21:31 GMT
In article <1t10f3$fmh@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu>, barspi@wam.umd.edu (Barzilai
Spinak) says:
>
> If my memory doesn't fail me, I read that the IBM BIOS in the PS/2s is
>reentrant. But it seems that Linux doens't work on microchannel machines...
>(No, I don't own a PS/2, don't flame me)
Most of Linux seems to work on microchannel machines ... everything
as far as I can tell except for the HD driver. The point is to *make* it work n
on microchannel machines, as well as the Foobarchannel and Extended-XYZZY
architectures (not yet announced :-)
- John