Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 10:42:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switching to real mode Message-ID: <200112061842.fB6IgS001169@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Dec 2001 08:51:41 PST." <3C0FA21D.86860C48@mindspring.com>
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> It's still there. See the code in /sys/boot, in particular,
> the bios code in boot2 and boot 3.
You're thinking of the bioscall interface in BTX, I guess, which uses
v86 mode, not real mode.
As John said, actually, really going back to real mode is hard. It would
be easier to just reboot the system, especially since we have probably
left hardware in odd states.
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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