Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:12:28 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c Message-ID: <200406041112.28276.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <17628.1086360071@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <17628.1086360071@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Friday 04 June 2004 10:41 am, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <200406041033.37313.jhb@FreeBSD.org>, John Baldwin writes: > >On Thursday 03 June 2004 06:36 pm, 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 this very different from bios_sigsearch()? > > It is not limited to the system bios (0xe0000..0xfffff) but allows you > to specify the exact range you're interested in. Perhaps one should be implemented in terms of the other then? Hmm, you can probably use this to replace 'search_for_sig()' in mptable.c as well. -- 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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