Hi Wolf, On 05/03/2013 04:35 AM, Wolf Ramovsky wrote: > During preparation I made some steps to port software to execute BIOS > real-mode code from user space. At first, I tried library from > http://gitorious.org/x86emu. I've ported library succesfully and was > able to get VESA modes, but can't set. Later it become clear that was > my mistake: I've sent reference to pio_write_ instead of value. But at > first I blamed library and tried to use the other one, from NetBSD. > Finding out the reason of setmode failing, I've decided to stay with > *BSD's library because of its simplicity and more fine-grained > controllability. The library from the link above is a bit > overbloated... > > So, I decided to share my results. Of course, this is far from video > driver, but I hope it'll be helpful.
Thanks for this contribution. I am not, however, sure, how much was ticket #520 meant to be implemented via calls to real-mode BIOS. Can there be actually a native driver? Jakub _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/cgi-bin/listinfo/helenos-devel
