Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 10:34:48 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, terry@lambert.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS Message-ID: <199510140034.KAA26139@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >Speaking of the three-stage boot stuff, I'd like to hear from some/anyone >> >that has a set of screen, serial and disk libraries that interact directly >> >with the BIOS in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded. >> >> What's wrong with the routines in the boot loaders except they are not a >> library (there is already too much duplication)? >They cannot be accessed by the kernel (the VM86 problem). Then the BIOS isn't in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded 8-). Bruce
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