* [9fans] in general, you cannot debug vesa bios...
@ 2013-01-06 21:17 cinap_lenrek
2013-01-06 21:27 ` Bence Fábián
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From: cinap_lenrek @ 2013-01-06 21:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
but sometimes you can:
http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/issues/detail?id=163&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary%20Subsystem
i would like to ask if it would be worthwile to make
aux/vga able patch the bios using /lib/vgadb. this
can be sometimes usefull to add additional modes that
would otherwise be unaccessible. in this particular
case a internal table in the vesa bios had a wrong
entry for an offered mode.
--
cinap
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* Re: [9fans] in general, you cannot debug vesa bios...
2013-01-06 21:17 [9fans] in general, you cannot debug vesa bios cinap_lenrek
@ 2013-01-06 21:27 ` Bence Fábián
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From: Bence Fábián @ 2013-01-06 21:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
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nice job!
2013/1/6 <cinap_lenrek@gmx.de>
> but sometimes you can:
>
>
> http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/issues/detail?id=163&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary%20Subsystem
>
> i would like to ask if it would be worthwile to make
> aux/vga able patch the bios using /lib/vgadb. this
> can be sometimes usefull to add additional modes that
> would otherwise be unaccessible. in this particular
> case a internal table in the vesa bios had a wrong
> entry for an offered mode.
>
> --
> cinap
>
>
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