Re: Physical address

From: Matthias Urlichs
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 11:11:27 EST


Hi, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Don't expect any help
> from some LK pedantics, but this hack will get you started if
> you are not using any special addresses (like high RAM).

... and if the driver will never run on non-PC-like or non-x86 systems.

> Also, don't tell anybody .... <grin>...

*Grumble*. IMHO you(generic) should do this right the first time.
The learning curve may be a bit steeper, but OTOH you won't get into any
bad habits, and you won't leave a mess for other people to debug.

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