omp.os.os2.beta:29 comp.os.os2.misc:2966   
   From: "A.D. Fundum"    
      
      
    > Once again:  It's not an operating system or an operating   
    > system loader.  It's replacement firmware.    
      
   What about the reversed situation, changing/checking certain    
   BIOS-settings from within the OS? Not just because of the better UI,    
   but also to allow e.g. a driver to reboot ASAP if a BIOS-setting was    
   wrong for the eCS environment.    
      
   If that requires firmware-level knowledge indeed, I can e.g. imagine    
   some (configurable) IBM ThinkPad T42-driver which checks the    
   Speedstep-setting, with an option to change the stetting and reboot if   
   Steepstep is enabled, the power source is the battery and the built-in   
   WLAN is required. Practical use: it'll save some time, and one no    
   longer has to remember to disable Speedstep if one want to use the    
   WLAN with eCS on battery power.    
      
      
      
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