Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> So, if you think this is something that should go in, then I'd
> implore you to get more testing and test reports. I'd be wanting
> all the MB/BIOS/cpu combinations that were tested before this is
> committed.
Testing a high number of MB/BIOS/cpu requires a lot of time
On Monday, March 1, Giuseppe Magnotta wrote:
>
> My question is, if this functionality is available in the BIOS, why
> can't we use it?
The problem is having a broken BIOS out there that simply hangs
because you're calling something that it does not support. When
this stuff was written, there we
On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:51:31 +0100
Giuseppe Magnotta wrote:
>
> My question is, if this functionality is available in the BIOS, why
> can't we use it?
>
I'm just jumping in here, but I think the obvious answer is; if it
is not needed on any existing platform, what purpose does it serve?
Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> While I applaud your efforts to send in patches, I do have a
> small niggle. Why do you feel the need to splatter your
> authorship all over the code in comments? Why not just add
> your name to the copyright statement and be done with it?
Yes, You're right.
It may se
On Monday, March 1, Giuseppe Magnotta wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * Author: Giuseppe Magnotta
While I applaud your efforts to send in patches, I do have a
small niggle. Why do you feel the need to splatter your
authorship all over the code in comments? Why not just add
your name to the copyright statem
Ted Unangst wrote:
> Can you explain this? I'd think A20 issues would have been sorted out
> 15 years ago.
Hi,
reading gateA20.c code, I've found that only two methods for enabling
the A20 line were used: the fast gate that use the I/O port 0x92 and the
"classic" one that use the keyboard contro
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Giuseppe Magnotta
wrote:
> Sorry,
>
> it seems that the patch was not included in my last email.
>
> Here is the patch:
>
> Index: gateA20.c
Can you explain this? I'd think A20 issues would have been sorted out
15 years ago.
Sorry,
it seems that the patch was not included in my last email.
Here is the patch:
Index: gateA20.c
===
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/libsa/gateA20.c,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 gateA20.c
--- gateA20.c 19
Hello,
please find attached a patch for "boot" that allows it to enable the
gate A20 directly by the BIOS if the INT 15/AX=2401h is supported for
i386 machines.
If you can please test it and tell me if it works as expected.
Regards,
Giuseppe.
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