B.I.O.S. to lock out non-Windows code ?

[Henry Spencer]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> why not assembly?  I thought most bioses were written in that.

The problem with assembler is that it is very processor-specific.  This is
particularly problematic for peripherals that have their own BIOS ROMs --
which CPU type should their BIOS modules be coded for?  (No, the whole 
world isn't x86s.)  Using some sort of interpreted format solves that.

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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