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2 | This is a preliminary version of a VGA softbooter for LINUX. | |
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4 | It makes use of the of the vm86() call and is therefore only | |
5 | usable on ix86 systems. | |
6 | There are plans to port this program to use a x86 emulator | |
7 | like x86emu. Also it may be ported to other operating systems. | |
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9 | So far it has been tested on a small number of cards. It might | |
10 | well be that it will fail on your card. | |
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12 | If you need to make modifications to the programs to be able | |
13 | to boot your card please let the author know. | |
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15 | So far there is no command line interface. All options need | |
16 | to be hardcoded. You can do this by editing debug.h. You can | |
17 | turn on a bunch of debug output. Other options allow you to | |
18 | boot the primary card (CONFIG_ACTIVE_DEVICE), save the bios | |
19 | to a file (SAVE_BIOS), and map the original system bios | |
20 | (MAP_SYS_BIOS). | |
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22 | The author wants to thank | |
23 | Hans Lermen (dosemu) | |
24 | and | |
25 | Kendall Bennett (x86emu) | |
26 | for their support. | |
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28 | Parts of the code - especially in v86.c and io.c - are based on code | |
29 | taken from dosemu. Parts of the code in int.c are based on code taken | |
30 | from x86emu | |
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32 | Egbert Eich. <Egbert.Eich@Physik.TU-Darmstadt.DE> | |
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