From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 4 16:52:11 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA03274 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:52:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA03245 Thu, 4 Jan 1996 16:52:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199601050052.QAA03245@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: Host localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Terry Lambert cc: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte), phk@critter.tfs.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X for install In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jan 1996 16:56:27 MST." <199601042356.QAA00715@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 16:52:05 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >> In our (=at a former 'work') most of the EISA mainboards only survive >> calling the EISA INT from things like DOS. The 32 bit equivalent in >> the BIOS most of the times simply crashed the Unix. I lost the details >> but I think counting on this to work is optimistic >> >> BTW we where using this to 'autoconfig' a ATT V.3 based system. You >> still had to do a kernel link but it was based on the info in the EISA >> config NVRAM. > >The point is to bypass the BIOS. The only non-computable information >is the size of the per slot CMOS area. That's what I meant. > Or use VM86 to do 16-bit calls into the EISA BIOS. > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org >--- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present >or previous employers. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================