[Klug-general] [change subject] non-linux-mobo

Karl Lattimer karl at qdh.org.uk
Fri Oct 26 10:25:04 BST 2007


> It runs Windows lovely though ;-)

taken from the linux kernel source code arch/i386/kernel/apm.c:1981

/*
 *  Check for clue free BIOS implementations who use
 *  the following QA technique
 *
 *      [ Write BIOS Code ]<------
 *               |                ^
 *      < Does it Compile >----N--
 *               |Y               ^
 *	< Does it Boot Win98 >-N--
 *               |Y
 *           [Ship It]
 *
 *	Phoenix A04  08/24/2000 is known bad (Dell Inspiron 5000e)
 *	Phoenix A07  09/29/2000 is known good (Dell Inspiron 5000)
 */

Nuff said :)

K,





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