Re: Q2: Framebuffer?

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:21:46 +0000

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> > 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.

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