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Re: Mode for I386
- To: "adon at walkersun" <adon at walkersun dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Mode for I386
- From: Alex Mathews <alexma at crosstor dot com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:44:27 -0400
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Organization: CrosStor Software, Inc.
- References: <008201c022de$6d72d460$24e7f1d2@walkersun>
The i386 HAL grabs some information from the bios in real mode, and then
goes to protected mode. So, without switching back to real mode your
program cannot access the bios.
-Alex
"adon@walkersun" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> While me program ran at I386 PC target, does the bios could be access by my
> program??? And what is the mode the I386 stayed??? real or protect mode???
>
> Adon Chen
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