[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 5/6] sercon: split-output implementation

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Tue Sep 12 08:25:44 CEST 2017


  Hi,

> > > Minor note - I realized after I sent my last patch that doing:
> > > 
> > >     SET_LOW(sercon_enable, (mode <= 0x07));
> > 
> > I don't think so.  0,1,2,3,7 are text modes, but 4,5,6 not.
> 
> It's safe to enter the C code on 4,5,6 though.  Also, I don't think
> it
> was unusual to write text while in cga mode.  (CGA support isn't a
> priority though.)

Oh.  So the char write int10h calls work in cga mode too?

cheers,
  Gerd




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