Gleb Natapov wrote:
How can we get to EDD info after device is mapped? Looking at Seabios implementation it builds EDD table on the fly when int_1348 is called and it does it only for internal devices. Can we use "disconnect vector" to connect device temporarily get EDD and then disconnect?
From BIOS Boot Specification 1.01
"6.4.2 Disconnect Vector Originally, it was thought that the DV would be called by the BIOS if the device's BCV was called and subsequent booting from the device failed. However, it was later discovered that current PnP option ROMs are more well behaved by checking during the BCV call if their device will properly respond to INT 13h calls or not, and simply not hooking INT 13h if those calls would fail. Because of this, the DV is not called by a BIOS supporting the BIOS Boot Specification, nor is it necessary to have a valid DV in the PnP Expansion Header. The DV should be NULL and can't be used for other storage." Sebastian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
