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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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