8bde7f776c
- remove trailing white space, trailing empty lines, C++ comments, etc.
- split cmd_boot.c (separate cmd_bdinfo.c and cmd_load.c)
* Patches by Kenneth Johansson, 25 Jun 2003:
- major rework of command structure
(work done mostly by Michal Cendrowski and Joakim Kristiansen)
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This is a preliminary version of a VGA softbooter for LINUX.
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It makes use of the of the vm86() call and is therefore only
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usable on ix86 systems.
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There are plans to port this program to use a x86 emulator
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like x86emu. Also it may be ported to other operating systems.
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So far it has been tested on a small number of cards. It might
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well be that it will fail on your card.
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If you need to make modifications to the programs to be able
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to boot your card please let the author know.
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So far there is no command line interface. All options need
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to be hardcoded. You can do this by editing debug.h. You can
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turn on a bunch of debug output. Other options allow you to
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boot the primary card (CONFIG_ACTIVE_DEVICE), save the bios
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to a file (SAVE_BIOS), and map the original system bios
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(MAP_SYS_BIOS).
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The author wants to thank
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Hans Lermen (dosemu)
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and
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Kendall Bennett (x86emu)
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for their support.
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Parts of the code - especially in v86.c and io.c - are based on code
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taken from dosemu. Parts of the code in int.c are based on code taken
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from x86emu
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Egbert Eich. <Egbert.Eich@Physik.TU-Darmstadt.DE>
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