hello, I am very new to network device driver. My manager asked me to investigate if my Solaris driver needs a [b]Real Mode[/b] network driver for x86 in addition to GLDv2 driver.
Can someone give me clarification? Wendy "Real-Mode refers to the operating mode of the 8086 processor in which each program is given direct access to memory and peripheral devices. In Real- Mode, only one program can run in memory at a time." "Currently, limits on Solaris x86/x64 require any boot device to have a real mode driver, and boots into that and then protected mode," DuBoff says. "This means that any device you want to boot from, such as a disk, would need a real-mode driver in addition to the protected-mode driver. That's a limitation--and not a good one." (OS/2 did a similar thing, DuBoff notes.) This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
