Re: BIOS shadowing/cacheing

Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:21:25 +0000 (GMT)

No, in fact it could be seen as a disadvantage in that it uses up memory.
Since linux does not use the BIOS except in the early stages of booting,
there would be no performace advantage.

On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, yuri mironoff wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Are there any advantages to shadowing/cacheing the BIOS under Linux?
> (Be it system or adapter)
>
> Thank you very much in advance,
>
>
> Y.
> 

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