At Tue, 17 Sep 2002 22:51:59 +0200, Viktor Pracht wrote: > Can somebody explain to me what's the point of including APM information in > the Multiboot information structure? To use APM, the OS must switch to > Real/Virtual 8086 mode and call int 15h, at which point it gets the APM > information in registers anyway.
No. APM has protected mode interface, although it was not a requirement until version 1.2. When your APM BIOS supports the protected mode interface, only the initialization must be done in real mode, so a Multiboot-compliant boot loader should assist it. Okuji _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
