Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 22:21:04 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: [FAQ] The Open Source Stackable PC BIOS (fwd)] Message-ID: <3E0FE5D0.A77F56B6@mindspring.com>
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Forwarded, per request of the author. Original email address on file. -- Terry Bruce M Simpson wrote: > > Terry, > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 08:04:12AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > "Ronald G. Minnich" wrote: > > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > > > > I guess it's not OK to make BIOS calls into the BIOS? > > > > > > not if it's my lazy bios that doesn't support them. > > > > Actually, the interesting part would be a survey of which BIOS > > calls are actually used (a survey by a BIOS writer, maybe, hint > > hint 8-)). > > > > The real question is fail-safe on unimplemented BIOS calls, > > which should return a characteristic error. > > I have done this work. The results can be seen at: > > http://www.incunabulum.com/code/projects/freebsd/freebsd-bios-interaction.txt > > I have also rewritten boot0.s to use the BIOS COM Port Services (INT 14h): > > http://www.incunabulum.com/code/projects/freebsd/boot0sio.s > > Comments, suggestions, flames etc. to the usual address. > > P.S. The PTRs for this machine may be FUBAR, so if you could repost to > hackers@ I should be most grateful. > > yours, > BMS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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