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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml')
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diff --git a/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml b/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1b9d222defaf --- /dev/null +++ b/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>alpha</herd> + <longdescription lang="en"> + On Intel based PC systems, the BIOS firmware sets up the system and + then loads the image to be run from the boot block of a DOS file + system. This is more or less what MILO does on an Alpha based system, + however there are several interesting differences between BIOS firmware + and MILO, not least of which is that MILO includes and uses standard + Linux device drivers unmodified. MILO is firmware, unlike LILO, which + relies on the BIOS firmware to get itself loaded. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |