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From: Dmitry Frolov <frolov@riss-telecom.ru>
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* Loren M. Lang <lorenl@alzatex.com> [28.01.2006 13:09]:

> Is there any equivalent to the Linux Real Mode interface in FreeBSD?  I
> would like to port a program called atitvout to FreeBSD, but it uses
> calls to the vesa bios in real mode on the x86 arch.  I can't seem to
> find out how to do this in FreeBSD.

LRMI <http://sourceforge.net/projects/lrmi> should work
on FreeBSD since version 0.8. And here is my FreeBSD/NetBSD patch
for atitvout (with instructions inside):

http://kaya.nov.net/frol/patches/atitvout-0.4-bsd2.diff

    wbr&w, dmitry.
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Dmitry Frolov <frolov@riss-telecom.ru>
RISS-Telecom Network, Novosibirsk, Russia
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