Re: [OpenBIOS] Hi.

[Lukas Ruf]

Hi folks out there

I subscribed like the one a couple of days ago. And would like to join the
discussion by this eMail:

On Fri, 27 Feb 1998 [e-mail] wrote:
> I assume 32-bit code is used as much as possible, ie. start up in real mode and
>
> switch to protected mode asap. and then deal with all the rest.  It doesn't make 
> much difference for boot really, but functions used by OS's should really be 
> 32-bit now (name one *decent* real mode 16-bit OS).

If you speak about real mode booting -- it seems to me that you think only
about booting a i386-compatible. Further it depends on wether you think to
support the PC-standard (16b RM-BIOS support code) or imlement a complete
new BIOS where no compatibilities to existing software can be guaranteed,
ie. no existing OS would run on such an incomaptible PC-BIOS reinvention.

The problem on restricting filesystem access to the B seem's quite strange
to me.  It sounds like the approach of Apple to make all software
producers produce only one thing: software only for this standard -- else
it should inlcude some hooks where simple OS-Software Calls can hang in.
-- it might be possible that I have not seen the real aim of this
filesystem discussion (I am new in this list, sorry).

By the way: Is there a location where you can retrieve all old discussion
mails ??

Regards

Lukas

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