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Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:37:40 +0200
From: Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: "Mike O'Dell" <mo@uu.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: SMBIOS/DMI etc
References: <QQcywl13112.199707191356@rodan.UU.NET> <199707191431.AAA14199@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Jul 20, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote:
> The reason I ask is just to attempt to identify whether the BIOS32
> thing ever took off; I can't find _diddly_ about it online, but it
> does appear to be reasonably widely implemented.

All systems with PCI BIOS are supposed to have BIOS32 support.
I can check the PCI BIOS specs, but I'm quite sure that this is
not obtional, from the PCI point of view ...

Regards, STefan