Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: For comment: draft BIOS use document for the kernel | Date | Fri, 22 Jun 2001 15:24:38 -0400 (EDT) |
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Alan Cox writes: > [somebody]
>> I could not find any reference to BIOS int 0x15, function 0x87, >> block-move, used to copy the kernel to above the 1 megabyte >> real-mode boundary. I think this is still used. > > I dont think the kernel has ever used it. The path has always been to > enter 32bit mode then relocate/uncompress the kernel, then run it
There are several non-kernel BIOS users:
lilo grub syslinux XFree86 (using virtual-8088 to run a video BIOS for a second card?) dosemu? loadlin? the boot block that reads ext2 (in 1 kB -- damn what a hack)
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