look at this: samsung nc10 bootchart with mobil V2

[Brian Maly]

Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:07:44PM -0500, Brian Maly wrote:
>
>   
>> All UEFI systems Ive worked with boot incredibly fast. And further the Intel
>> Moblin V2 Core's feature Fastboot on top of being UEFI (read the specs on this
>> hardware). Further, all LinuxBIOS systems Ive worked with boot just as fast.
>> Its not smoke and mirrors. Systems are completely capable of booting this
>> quickly. Believe what you want though.
>>     
>
> The latest Vaio Z-series machines have an Insyde H2O UEFI firmware with 
> BIOS compatibility. The boot time is not noticably faster. I /believe/ 
> that the Aspire One is based on the same platform, so is technically an 
> EFI machine - however, there doesn't appear to be any means of actually 
> booting through it (rather than the compatibility layer) so the 
> difference is pretty academic.
>
>   
Good info on the Vaio Z-series.  Out of curiosity, is there a UEFI 
shell/console accessible on the Acer One?  Or is this permanently in 
legacy BIOS compatibility mode? Dont know if you actually know or have 
access to the hardware...

Brian




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