Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 10:57:29 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! "Fatal trap 1: privledged instruction trap" while installing Message-ID: <39359.976733849@monkeys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 13 Dec 2000 04:40:52 -0800. <200012131240.eBDCeq308534@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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In message <200012131240.eBDCeq308534@mass.osd.bsdi.com>, you wrote: >> >> So does that help any? What's going on here? >> > >> >What's going on is that we've called the BIOS in v86 mode, and it's done >> >something stupid. It's probably not expecting to be called like this at >> >all. >> >> So who is really at fault here? The card, or FreeBSD? > >That's hard to say. We expect the card's BIOS to work, and the >exceedingly vast majority of them do. You just answered the question. It's the card's fault. >> Is there some standard that says that VIDEO BIOSes aren't supposed to >> execute instructions that would be considered illegal in v86 mode? > >You're supposed to be able to call the BIOS in v86 mode, yes. A lot of >DOS extenders (used for DOS-based games) do this. Sounds to me like you have just confirmed your answer above... It really is the card's fault. (Grumble, grumble... last time I buy a video card whose brand I never heard of before!) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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