Re: [Q] int15h after kernel has booted
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
26 Sep 1999 00:19:22 GMT
Followup to: <19990926101136.A20325@wookie.chirp.com.au>
By author: Nathan Hand <nathanh@chirp.com.au>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I need to generate an int15h after the kernel has booted. The BIOS only has
> a real-mode verion of the function I want in this interrupt, so I can't use
> an lcall to the protected mode BIOS like the APM code. I made the interrupt
> in setup.S, but it seems I need to do it after each APM_SUSPEND as well, so
> I still need some way of doing int15h after entering protected-mode.
>
> Is there a proper method to drop the kernel into real-mode, do an interrupt
> to the BIOS, then fall back into protected-mode?
>
No, there is no way you can do that. Linux reprograms the hardware in
such a way that the BIOS no longer works.
-hpa
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