Re: DOS2linux

[Brian Gerst]

Bart Vandewoestyne wrote:
> I also found this URL: http://uw7doc.sco.com/cgi-bin/man/man?eisa+D4
> 
> It comes from UnixWare 7 documentation and there they have the kind of
> translation that I want to do (that is: translate INT 15h call "Read
> Function" (AH=D8h, AL=01h)) to linux.  As i understood there isn't
> such thing available for linux?  Meaning I'll have to try and
> implement that stuff myself?  But then the problem remains: how do i
> get to the data that is in the 320 byte buffer returned from an INT
> 15h call "Read Function" (AH=D8h, AL=01h)

Basically, nobody ever implemented an EISA bus layer because it is rare
to see EISA hardware anymore.  The few EISA aware drivers in Linux
handle configuration themselves.  I had thought about doing it at one
time for the sake of completeness, but I don't have access to any EISA
hardware to test.

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				Brian Gerst