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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2368 comp.os.linux.misc:13312 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!cc.gatech.edu!prism!prism!not-for-mail From: gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Impressions: FreeBSD vs Linux Date: 25 Apr 1994 14:08:29 -0400 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2ph0ut$2nc@acme.gatech.edu> References: <hastyCo5p59.MvK@netcom.com> <2p72cm$278@eve.adam.com.au> <2p6jqn$9b2@acme.gatech.edu> <2pfjmi$3j9@u.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gatech.edu terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) writes: >In article <2p6jqn$9b2@acme.gatech.edu> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) writes: >]No, what he's saying isn't ridiculous at all. Having a way to run the >]vendor-supplied VGA BIOS to initialize the cards with proprietary and >Actually, a better plan is a protected mode vm86() call so anything >anyone wants to write in kernel space could make a BIOS call if it >needed one. Okay, someone explain to me the difference between those two proposals. I seem to be having a problem lately with people reading what's not in my messages and not seeing what is, and if I can find the cause, I'd like to fix it. Or is this just another case of Terry going the world one better? -- _g, '96 --->>>>>>>>>> gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu <<<<<<<<<--- CompSci ,g_ W@@@W__ |-\ ^ | disclaimer: <---> "Bow before ZOD!" __W@@@W W@@@@**~~~' ro|-<ert s/_\ nders | who am I??? ^ from Superman '~~~**@@@@W `*MV' hi,ocie! |-/ad! / \ss!! | ooga ooga!! | II (cool)! `VW*'