Author: LMiller7
Subject: HAL and BIOS relation
Posted: 10 January 2014 at 3:29pm
The HAL does not use the BIOS at all. The BIOS is used only in the early stages of the boot process. As the BIOS operates in 16 bit Real mode and the HAL in 32 or 64 bit protected mode it would be unable to do so in any case. The BIOS does not provide the kind of low level access required by the HAL.
Subject: HAL and BIOS relation
Posted: 10 January 2014 at 3:29pm
The HAL does not use the BIOS at all. The BIOS is used only in the early stages of the boot process. As the BIOS operates in 16 bit Real mode and the HAL in 32 or 64 bit protected mode it would be unable to do so in any case. The BIOS does not provide the kind of low level access required by the HAL.