From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 27 06:19:01 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA19603 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 06:19:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd.dk (freebsd.dk [212.242.42.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA19594 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 06:18:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA34734; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:18:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos) From: Søren Schmidt Message-Id: <199901271418.PAA34734@freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Any way to get machine out of hires when it breaks into DDB> ? In-Reply-To: from Doug Rabson at "Jan 27, 1999 2: 2:56 pm" To: dfr@nlsystems.com (Doug Rabson) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 15:18:27 +0100 (CET) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, dillon@apollo.backplane.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It seems Doug Rabson wrote: > > > I don't understand why we can't use VM86 bios calls to switch modes these > > > days. Mind you, I don't really understand the VM86 code. > > > > Short version: > > > > Modern Xservers puts the cards into accelerated modes, and the BIOS > > dont know how to restore those kind of fancy things, they only know > > how to deal with "after hardware rest" state of affairs, and modes > > they have setup themselves. > > Lazy bios writers. They build the hardware but can't be bothered to write > decent firmware for it. Grumble. Well, they do, it comes as a Winslows driver :( (and before Terry^H^H^H^H^Hanyone jumps up and suggests we use those, forget it, I've looked at it and my head still hurts) -Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message