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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-boot/milo')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml b/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml index 1f77966e45f9..1b91e77adc12 100644 --- a/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-boot/milo/metadata.xml @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> -<herd>no-herd</herd> +<herd>alpha</herd> <maintainer> <email>taviso@gentoo.org</email> - <name>Tavis Ormandy</name> </maintainer> <longdescription> -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. +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> |