On 04/07/2016 17:26, Kevin O'Connor wrote: > > 4k, we need both character and attribute. But, yes, if we can allocate > > that somewhere in real mode address space without running into memory > > pressure this might be the best option. > > Unfortunately, the screen can be larger than 80x25.
It can with SVGA BIOS, but Gerd here only supports mode 3, doesn't he? Paolo > If a large buffer is desired, it's also possible to malloc_high() it > and then use either: call32() to access it, or int1587 to read/write > it (see ramdisk.c:ramdisk_copy() as an example). Either way it seems > ugly. > > At one point I looked through the sgabios code and was able to > understand how it did caching. I'll take another look and see if I > can describe it. _______________________________________________ SeaBIOS mailing list SeaBIOS@seabios.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/seabios