The point about ELKS being currently limited to 64k code is a very good one.
I think we're kind of nearing that limit, aren't we?
Greg
On Tuesday, May 11, 1999 4:18 PM, Shane Kerr [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> On Tue, 11 May 1999, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
>
> > Does anyone else agree with me that direct int 10 access is a mistake?
> > Wouldn't access through a device driver be a bit more unixy? It would
> > be able to prevent multiple processes from trying to access int 10
> > services.
>
> Using the BIOS certainly helps reduce the memory footprint, which is
> all-important in ELKS, since right now there's a hard 64 Kbyte limit on
> kernel size. Restricting access to INT 10h is something the kernel can
> easily handle. Personally I'm of the opinion that using the BIOS for
> everything possible is a great shortcut. Lots of device drivers talk to
> the BIOS for devices. This one just happens to be loaded from the
> motherboard.
>
> Shane
>
