Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 11:26:18 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Jonathan Mini <j_mini@efn.org> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fun with DOSCMD (was Re: modifying boot mgrs FROM FREEBSD) Message-ID: <199709020156.LAA00629@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Sep 1997 02:42:17 MST." <19970901024217.20763@micron.efn.org>
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> > It certainly makes no sense to attempt to reenter the video BIOS, but > > in at least the trivial sense there is nothing stopping me calling, > > say, an ESCD function in one virtual x86 context while the video BIOS > > is being called in another; remember that they are operating in > > distinct virtual contexts, where the only risk of conflict is in the > > I/O domain. > > Umm. I hope you are rembering about memory-address registers? :) That is indeed what "I/O domain" means; the only resource shared between vm86 threads is hardware. > My problem is : "why can't I call the disk simulator's BIOS when I am using > the video simulator's BIOS at the same time?" and there are too many reasons > why not. (things like asking for a keypress and askingfor disk i/o > simultaneously will crash Win95) I don't think I understand you here. You are saying that someone else's BIOS implementation is nonreentrant, correct? That's more or less to be expected... mikehome | help
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