Re: Q2: Framebuffer?

Alex Riedel (riedel@taraz.kz)
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:49:01 +0600


On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> > It is possible call "Real mode" int 0x10 inside kernel during
>> > initialization?
>>
>> Before we switch to protected mode yes
>
>And technically, it's possible to do so afterwards. There have been block
>device drivers which switch to vm86 mode and call INT 13h, and it should be
>possible to treat INT 10h in a similar fashion, depending on how well-behaved
>the BIOS code is.
Perfectly!
Where in kernel souces tree can i it look?

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Alex Riedel

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