Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:07:18 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bios.h question Message-ID: <200409170907.18458.peter@wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20040915063512.GA10104@aoi.wolfpond.org> References: <20040914150419.GA7191@aoi.wolfpond.org> <200409141543.13318.peter@wemm.org> <20040915063512.GA10104@aoi.wolfpond.org>
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On Tuesday 14 September 2004 11:35 pm, Francois Tigeot wrote: > On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 03:43:13PM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 08:04 am, Francois Tigeot wrote: > > > I'm running 5.3-BETA4 and I can't find <machine/pc/bios.h> even > > > though bios(9) exists. > > > It seems bios.h is only present on the i386 and alpha > > > architectures. > > > > > > Is this normal on amd64 ? If yes, I would appreciate if someone > > > could point me to an alternative to bios_sigsearch() > > > > We dont even have bios_sigsearch() - all the consumers in the > > kernel were related to vm86()/bios16()/bios32() calls, which are > > impossible in our kernel. > > This puzzles me, as the functions seem to be present on alpha. No, they are not.. The prototypes are there due to over-merging and lack of cleanup, but there are no implementations for the functions. > > What do you need it for? It might be ok to revive a subset of it, > > but it would be useful to know what that file is being used for > > first, so we know which subsets are needed. > > I am experimenting with Bruno Ducrot's powernow_k7 and need to read > some tables in BIOS memory area. Ahh - bios tables. That we can do. This is for a kernel component, right? > I will try to see if there is a way to do the same thing via acpi > instead... -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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