That's what you get on the DOC if you use M-System's code. Been done already.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard A. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 4:14 PM Subject: Re: VGA roms > On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 16:30:51 -0700 (MST), Ronald G Minnich wrote: > > >> I agree with Jeff. It should be a compile time option. The set of supported > >> INTs should be minimized to be as small as possible. > > > >ok, somebody write this thing :-) > > > >sigh. I always hoped to avoid this. > > I just had an idea perhaps it's baked but here goes.... > > What would be the possibility of writeing linux bios so that it shows > up as a bios extension that never returns. > > Bios extensions are called very early in the init sequence. If you > build linuxbios as a BIOS extension then it could take over following > the VGA bios return and assume control of the machine. > > As a bonus you get memory init as well and the possibility of running > on chipsets that aren't very well documented. > > It wouldn't be superfast like pure linuxbios but probally still > pretty quick. > > I realize that this would probally have some conflicts to work out > but that seems much easier to do compared to implemnting bios > services. > > -- > Richard A. Smith Bitworks, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 501.846.5777 x204 > Sr. Design Engineer http://www.bitworks.com > >
