From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 13 17:38:32 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA18791 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:38:32 -0700 Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.2.228.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA18786 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:38:28 -0700 Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA26139; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 10:34:48 +1000 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 10:34:48 +1000 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199510140034.KAA26139@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >> >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