Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Robin Burgener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Can someone give me a code snippet for using sys_vm86; the documentation > > is a little lacking. When I get a chance, I'll even write some > > documentation for it. > > I don't understand what exactly you are talking about... what is > sys_vm86? > > -- > .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
Should be vm86, sys_vm86 is inside the kernel. vm86 is suppose to be a way of executing "real mode" code from protected mode. This *should* allow a Linux process to access Video BIOS functions. In reality, the sys_vm86 call appears to be broken, or atleast not what it claims to be. I have found several sources for information about and I am on the right track (I hope ;-) When I get a chance, I'll publish some documentation and a library for using vm86 mode under Linux. -- Robin Burgener / Linux Kernel Group / COREL Corporation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://207.236.3.210 20Q: http://come.to/20q or http://207.236.3.210/avm.html
