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Date:      Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:10:59 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
Cc:        dcs@newsguy.com, msmith@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VMware detection code in boot loader 
Message-ID:  <200006131710.KAA22395@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:40:47 EDT." <200006131540.e5DFekh04320@lor.watermarkgroup.com> 

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> a larger issue. It is not the loader's job to detect the underlying
> hardware configuration.

Actually, in a broad fashion, it _is_.  This is why the loader 
understands PCI and PnP, for example.

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\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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