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Old 05-07-2008
Rainer Weikusat
 
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Default Re: Real mode BIOS call in x86_64 Linux environment

David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> writes:
> On May 6, 8:23*pm, smsabu2...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> The requirement is to collect video controller information using Video
>> BIOS VBE3 in x86_64 Linux OS.

>
> I think this is quite close to impossible.


It is certainly 'possible', eg by disassembling the BIOS, determining
where it gets the information from and reimplementing the same
functionality without resorting to 'real-mode' softints.
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