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Old 05-09-2008
Aragorn
 
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Default Re: Real mode BIOS call in x86_64 Linux environment

david wrote:

> On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:02:18 -0700, David Schwartz rearranged some
> electrons to say:
>
>> On May 6, 8:23Â*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. Whatever your outer problem
>> is, there's almost certainly a better way to solve it. You should do
>> whatever you can to get the requirement fixed.

>
> Sounds like a homework problem to me.


Considering that it was crossposted to three groups using Google Groups as a
newsreader, that the OP's intent is to simply read out low level video
hardware data, and that the OP uses a Yahoo throwaway e-mail address as the
poster's identity, the odds to that are indeed very big. ;-)

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