Subject: Re: NO NO NO NO PCMCIA NO NO NO NO
To: Robert.V.Baron <rvb@gluck.coda.cs.cmu.edu>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/21/1997 00:31:18
> Errrr. Calling the rom ...
> Well, lets be carefull where this path leads us. I'd hate to see
> all IO go thru bios 8-). (On the otherhand, this would probably
> solve the disk geometry problems ;-)
It's not as bad as you think. You call the ROM to ask it about
interrupt vectors, not to make it do all the I/O for you.
_MelloN_