[ECOS] RedBoot and eCos with biosless x86

[David Vrabel]

Brian Padalino wrote:
> I am doing a port of eCos over to an extremely custom x86 board... 
> ...the bios and if it is needed or should be emulated if RedBoot
> and/or eCos is going to be ported over to the board.

No need for a BIOS or BIOS emulation.  The i386 eCos only uses the BIOS 
for initial program loading and basic CPU setup (memory controller, chip 
selects and the like).

David Vrabel
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