Hi, dn79@xxxxxxx a écrit : > I have question about the interrupt 13 and about how the kernel handles > this. I have searched the internet und I have tried to find it in the > kernel sources but unfortunately without any success. I need to know > what the kernel does if I make "int 0x13" which will give me the hd > geometry. I know that I can use ioctl, but in this case I want to know > what the kernel will do when I do "int 0x13". Could someone be so kind > to give me a hint where I can find more information about this issue? These interrupts are real-mode BIOS interrupts. You can't use them when running in 32bits protected mode, and the Linux kernel is running in this mode. >From a userspace application, doing an int 0x13 is not possible (the kernel will kill the application). Sincerly, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
