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From: Stephen Hocking <sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au>
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Subject: VM86 calls and BIOS disk driver
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	Is anyone actively working on the VM86 stuff with an eye to
implementing a generic BIOS disk driver, so as to support the hardware
or controllers that are not yet supported by a specific driver? Why I say
that is because this TMC-885 controller does not work wuth -current's
seagate.c, and only on the 2.0 seagate.c with BLIND_TRANSFER disabled. If I
could use the onboard BIOS, I'm fairly sure that it'd do better than the
huge amount of CPU it eats now polling the damn thing.

	Stephen