Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 07:53:55 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c Message-ID: <200406070753.55566.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040607060013.GA5554@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200406032236.i53MaOj5046199@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040607060013.GA5554@dragon.nuxi.com>
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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 <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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