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SubjectRE: BIOS shadowing.
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> >  As Linux doesn't use the system BIOS calls much after 
> > initial setup, Would I be better off disabling BIOS
> > shadowing, and regaining that few pages of RAM?
> If your motherboard actually remaps that area somewhere else:
> yes. AFAIK most motherboards don't do that.

I thought that most of them would steal some space in
System RAM, re-route memory reads to that memory-range,
and then mark that range as 'used'.
If this is incorrect, how do they work?

> Be aware of the fact that Linux might use the BIOS if
> you turn on APM, so shadowing can be slightly
> faster (although you might argue if that really matters
> in this case).

On a low memory system, I think I can live with a few
nanosecond delay at shutdown time in favour of a few
pages of extra RAM :-)

regards,

Dave.

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