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Date:      Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:15:45 +0400
From:      Arseny Nasokin <tarc@tarc.po.cs.msu.su>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: console in 1024x768 mode?
Message-ID:  <20060630141545.GI2475@tarc.po.cs.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <20060630090210.GD734@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:02:10PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-Jun-30 07:33:51 +0400, Arseny Nasokin wrote:
> >On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:29:52AM +0400, Arseny Nasokin wrote:
> >> Can it be needed for something else, not only for VESA videomode emulating?
> >
> >yes, it can: binary drivers, such N-Vidia =)
> 
> Building a vm86 emulator that can handle occasional calls to VESA BIOS
> to change screen configuration is relatively easy - efficiency is
> irrelevant and you could adapt a x86 disassembler with minimal effort.
> 
> Building a VM86 emulator that can usefully execute a binary driver -
> especially a performance-critical one like a video driver - is a
> totally different undertaking.
> 
> -- 
> Peter Jeremy
Understand, thanks


-- 
   Best regards,
   	Arseny Nasokin



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