cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20040603160405.E45592 at root.org>, Nate Lawson writes:

>Many BIOS strings have alignment requirements.  That might be useful to
>add.

Once we need it we'll know what to add.  Adding it now without any code
which needs it would violate the third X11 principle:

	3.The only thing worse than generalizing from one example
	is generalizing from no examples at all.


>Is all of BIOS mapped into kernel memory or should this operate on
>physical addresses instead?

Yes, the entire BIOS is mapped as far as I know.



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