cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include/pc bios.h src/sys/i386/i386 bios.c

[John Baldwin]

On Monday 07 June 2004 02:00 am, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 03:36:24PM -0700, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> > phk         2004/06/03 15:36:24 PDT
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/i386/include/pc  bios.h
> >     sys/i386/i386        bios.c
> >   Log:
> >   Add new bios_string() which will hunt for a string inside a given range
> >   of the BIOS.  This can be used for finding arbitrary magic in the BIOS
> >   in order to recognize particular platforms.
>
> It seems that this function (and many others in sys/i386/i386/bios.c)
> should go into a common MI file as they are directly usable on AMD64
> also.

Well, I don't think they are MI, but I've been wanting to create a sys/x86 
tree ala NetBSD for a while now.  Things like the interrupt code could move 
there.

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