From: Stephen Early <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New item in the Multiboot information structure
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 14:09:03 +0000 (GMT)
> I sent a big message to the list a while ago describing some other
> possible additions to the Multiboot information; some of them were:
Sorry, I just forgot your message.
> APM BIOS information (less useful these days now that ACPI is taking
> over)
OK, I'll add this, as it seems to be necessary to initialize APM in
the real mode. The problem is that I can't get the specification from
the net. I sent a mail to Intel, but I don't expect that they will
answer my message. If you know where to find it, let me know.
> MCA bus feature table (also not very useful now)
Is it enough to copy the table returned by INT 15 AH=C0h?
> Flag to indicate whether a PS/2 mouse is present
I don't think this is necessary. Look at the file pc_keyb.c in Linux
2.2.x.
> It might also be useful to add a string describing the bootloader, so
> that the operating system can log it.
Can you give me an example?
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