Re: linux, parport & EPP BIOS calls

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:16:19 +0100

campbell@torque.net said:
> Does anyone have an idea for the "right way" for performing a call
> ("shock, horror") to the mainboard BIOS?

There was once a driver to use the real mode disk BIOS. It changes back to
real mode (or was it v86 mode?) and calls the BIOS routines.

Unfortunately, I don't think it has been touched since 1.2.13

ISTR I found it on sunsite. Adam, was it yours?

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