Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:26:41 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Linus' laptop and Num lock status |
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Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:32:15 -0800 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> Jean Delvare wrote: >>> On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:34:35 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >>>> Jean Delvare wrote: >>>>> On x86, the BIOS led state can be read from byte 0x97 the BIOS RAM. The >>>>> BIOS RAM is mapped at 0x400 so all we need to do is to one byte from >>>>> RAM (offset 0x497). This is how Suse's hwinfo does. >>>> Perhaps that's what Suse does, but the proper address is 0x417. >>>> >>>> 0x497 is the rarely-used LPT2 timeout counter. >>> Still, the information printed by hwinfo is correct, I've tested it >>> myself. Is there some publicly available documentation about the x86 >>> BIOS RAM mapping? >>> >> Google for Ralf Brown's Interrupt List. > > (Ralph) > > I didn't find the BIOS data areas/tables in Ralph's web pages... >
It's called memory.lst in the Interrupt List.
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