From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 7 11:53:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D8E16A4D0 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:53:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail3.speakeasy.net (mail3.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BB2343D58 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:53:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 13732 invoked from network); 7 Jun 2004 11:53:09 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Jun 2004 11:53:08 -0000 Received: from slimer.baldwin.cx (slimer.baldwin.cx [192.168.0.16]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i57Br0L2002116; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:53:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:53:55 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200406032236.i53MaOj5046199@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040607060013.GA5554@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040607060013.GA5554@dragon.nuxi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406070753.55566.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Poul-Henning Kamp Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:53:12 -0000 On Monday 07 June 2004 02:00 am, David O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:36:24PM -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > phk 2004/06/03 15:36:24 PDT > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/include/pc bios.h > > sys/i386/i386 bios.c > > Log: > > Add new bios_string() which will hunt for a string inside a given range > > of the BIOS. This can be used for finding arbitrary magic in the BIOS > > in order to recognize particular platforms. > > It seems that this function (and many others in sys/i386/i386/bios.c) > should go into a common MI file as they are directly usable on AMD64 > also. Well, I don't think they are MI, but I've been wanting to create a sys/x86 tree ala NetBSD for a while now. Things like the interrupt code could move there. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org