BIOS/Chipset

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BIOS/Chipset

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Is the BIOS part of the chipset, specific to the chipset (but seperate), or simply contains knowledge on all supported chipsets?
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Well.. tinyBIOS for example has various chipsets as modules..

Some are open source, Others are not..

It's a neat open source BIOS implementation for embedded systems.. Thats for sure.

Only Acer Labs chipsets appear open source:
ALI M6117 & ALI M1487 FINALi are included in the tinyBIOS source..

From the looks of it, The others cost nearly $2000..

http://www.pcengines.ch/tinybios.htm
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