Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:46:28 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, root@synthcom.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes Message-ID: <199601100616.QAA08290@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199601090822.KAA01144@eac.iafrica.com> from "Robert Nordier" at Jan 9, 96 10:22:17 am
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Robert Nordier stands accused of saying: > > Maintaining the BIOS environment is a way that is acceptable to both FBSD > and the BIOS might also get tricky. There are parts of the BIOS you > probably just don't want to get called: like 0x15/0x87 which is only a > helper routine but attempts a return to protected mode with interrupts > disabled. Would other parts of the BIOS attempt to call this? If a BIOS function was called, so far as it could tell, from an address in low memory in real mode? > Robert Nordier -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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