TITLE: HP Workstation xw6200 System BIOS Packaged for Linux

VERSION: 2.08 Rev. a
DESCRIPTION:
This package contains a System BIOS release for the HP Workstation xw6200, 
packaged in a way that is easily usable in a Linux operating system 
environment. 

PURPOSE: Routine
SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP32083
SUPERSEDES: SP31521
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 16, 2006
CATEGORY: BIOS
SSM SUPPORTED: No

PRODUCT TYPE(S):
Workstations

HARDWARE PRODUCT MODEL(S):
HP xw6200 Workstation: HP Workstation xw6200

SOFTWARE PRODUCT(S):
None

OPERATING SYSTEM(S): 
Red Hat Ent Linux 4 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Ent Linux 4 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (AMD64/EM64T)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86)
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3

LANGUAGE(S): 
Chinese(PRC Simplified)
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish
Taiwanese Chinese
US English

ENHANCEMENTS: 
- Adds processor microcode patches for CPU type 0F4A.
- Presents a second Audio Setup menu in the Computer Setup Utility (F10) when a 
PCI audio card is present.

FIXES: 
- Fixes an issue where booting from USB devices was allowed even when USB was 
disabled in the boot order. 
- Fixes an issue where certain BIOS settings were unintentionally changed when 
upgrading to a new BIOS version.
- Removes a check for legacy ISA Option ROMs that reported an erroneous 
checksum error with certain Option ROMs. 
- Fixes an issue with INT15 Function 24 calls.

PREREQUISITES: 
N/A

HOW TO USE: 
1. Download and extract the .TGZ file. For example, to extract the contents, at 
console prompt type (where "filename" is replaced by the name of the file to be 
extracted): 
"tar -xzvf filename.tgz"

This command extracts files to the directory 786B7_bios.

2. For further information about creating a bootable diskette and flashing the 
system BIOS, see the README.TXT text file that is included in the SoftPaq.


Copyright (c) 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.