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To: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org>
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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@dk.tfs.com>
Subject: Re: DMI anyone ? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 03 Aug 1997 12:45:48 PDT."
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Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 21:54:47 +0200
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In message <19970803124548.00595@micron.efn.org>, Jonathan Mini writes:
>Michael Smith stands accused of saying :
>> Bottom line : we need a means for making 16-bit BIOS calls (16-bit
>> protected mode interface is part of the spec)...
>
>  I will have a crash machine and enough disk space to do kernel hacking soon,
>and a 16-bit interface for BIOS calls (and other similar beasties) is #1 on my
>TODO list. (I want VESA BIOS support)

Cool!  Keep me posted and I'll modify the APM support to use it.

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