Subject: Re: Location for x86emu
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/01/2007 14:55:20
On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 02:16:53AM -0500, Terry Moore wrote:
> I believe that many ROMs call functions in the base BIOS. In that case,
> wouldn't you also have to provide a BIOS image for them to call into? In
> the bad old days, certain things were referenced at hard addresses, & I
> imagine that practice is not totally eliminated.
I don't think any adapter BIOS has hard-coded addresses for BIOS calls,
but using the interrupt services seems likely. Yes, those areas have to
be identified as well.
Joerg