Re: [Q] int15h after kernel has booted

Pavel Machek (pavel@bug.ucw.cz)
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:14:00 +0200


Hi!

> 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.

What are you trying to do?

> If not it might be necessary to disassemble the BIOS by hand to see what it
> does, and I want to avoid that at all costs.

It is not as hard as it seems to be. You might also want to run BIOS
in dosemu and look at io it generates :-).
Pavel

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