Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:32:55 +0600 From: Dmitry Frolov <frolov@riss-telecom.ru> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Real Mode interface Message-ID: <20060131053255.GB19569@nerve.riss-telecom.ru> In-Reply-To: <20060131051520.GA38470@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20060128071038.GA17471@alzatex.com> <20060131050446.GA19569@nerve.riss-telecom.ru> <20060131051520.GA38470@dan.emsphone.com>
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* Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> [31.01.2006 11:13]: > In the last episode (Jan 31), Dmitry Frolov said: > > * 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 > > If this is anything like vm86 mode, check out the i386_vm86 manpage. Yes, LRMI uses i386_vm86 on FreeBSD. In addition to vm86 calls LRMI emulates instructions, that doesn't emulated in vm86, and does memory management. wbr&w, dmitry. -- Dmitry Frolov <frolov@riss-telecom.ru> RISS-Telecom Network, Novosibirsk, Russia 66415911@ICQ, +7 3832 NO WA1T, DVF-RIPE
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