Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: VGA PCI IO port reservations | From | Marcus Sundberg <> | Date | 17 Nov 2000 22:35:41 +0100 |
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root@chaos.analogic.com ("Richard B. Johnson") writes:
[about PCI setup code]
> This stuff has to be set up before you > have any resources necessary to execute the output of a 'C' compiler, > so, if you are looking for 'C' syntax, you are out of luck.
Sorry, but that's plain rubbish. Some things in bootcode usually have to be done in assembly, but PCI setup is definitely *not* among them, unless you have some really unique hardware. Hell, I've even written bootcode where the memory-controller is set up from C.
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