> > I saw an example of switching in real mode in linux' sources (it looks > > pretty clear) and thouhgt it is possible to do the same under FreeBSD. > > The problem is I'm absolutely lost in FreeBSD's physical memory management > > implementation (page tables and directory and so on). > > That code is quite broken. You need to check out the ones I mentioned > earlier. All that the code does in the linux kernel is fail badly. > > Actually there used to be in freebsd some really nice code for popping > into real mode and back again. It was to support calling BIOS for certain > things.
I believe the code is still there, and it's used for APM bios calls, if I remember correctly. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
