ITX-F-3800/BIOS Functionality
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The BIOS supports the booting of the following legacy OS:
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MS-DOS 6
8.7.3 Software Design Specification: Boot Device Configuration
The BIOS supports booting an OS from the following devices:
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USB mass storage device
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Serial ATA (SATA) device
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Network Boot - PXE
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eMMC
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M.2 mass storage device
8.7.4 Software Design Specification: BIOS Update Mechanisms
The BIOS supports the following update mechanisms:
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Software utilities
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Flash recovery via USB mass storage device
8.7.5 Software Design Requirements: BIOS Components
The BIOS includes the following components:
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Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) support:
Provides SATA host controller
functionality.
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Boot order:
Generates the default boot order on the platform’s first boot.
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Boot/resume from S4 device:
allows the platform to boot from the last S4 hiber-
nated device, disregarding the current boot priority.
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Fastboot:
Provides optimization of the boot time.
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Fixed boot order:
Provides infrastructure that allows custom handling of available
boot options to meet specific customer needs. Custom boot behavior may include
different requests, such as always boot from specific device, default support of var-
ious kinds of grouping of boot devices
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Generic error logging:
Provides support for logging POST and runtime errors to
the GPNV area.
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Keyboard controller emulation
for USB keyboard/mouse.
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Physical memory testing:
Supports testing of physical memory present in the sys-
tem.
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RTC registration and ability to handle wakeup from S5 sleep state.
