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Hiten Pandya 2003-10-23 01:14:18 +00:00
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share/man/man9/bios.9
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@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ the BIOS functions and data encountered on x86 PC-architecture systems.
.Bl -tag -width 20n
.It Fn bios_sigsearch
Searches the BIOS address space for a service signature, usually an
uppercase ASCII sequence surrounded by underscores. The search begins
at
uppercase ASCII sequence surrounded by underscores.
The search begins at
.Fa start ,
or at the beginning of the BIOS if
.Fa start
@ -67,11 +67,14 @@ bytes of the BIOS image and
.Fa sig
are compared at
.Fa sigofs
bytes offset from the current location. If no match is found, the
bytes offset from the current location.
If no match is found, the
current location is incremented by
.Fa paralen
bytes and the search repeated. If the signature is found, its effective
physical address is returned. If no signature is found, zero is returned.
bytes and the search repeated.
If the signature is found, its effective
physical address is returned.
If no signature is found, zero is returned.
.It Fn BIOS_VADDRTOPADDR
Returns the effective physical address which corresponds to the kernel
virtual address
@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ parameter table during system startup.
.Sh BIOS32
At system startup, the BIOS is scanned for the BIOS32 Service Directory
(part of the PCI specification), and the existence of the directory is
recorded. This can then be used to locate other services.
recorded.
This can then be used to locate other services.
.Bl -tag -width 20n
.It Fn bios32_SDlookup
Attempts to locate the BIOS32 service matching the 4-byte identifier
@ -104,8 +108,10 @@ field of the
.Fa ent
argument.
.It Fn bios32
Calls a bios32 function. This presumes that the function is capable of
working within the kernel segment (normally the case). The virtual address
Calls a bios32 function.
This presumes that the function is capable of
working within the kernel segment (normally the case).
The virtual address
of the entrypoint is supplied in
.Fa entry
and the register arguments to the function are supplied in

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share/man/man9/boot.9
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@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
The
.Fn boot
function handles final system shutdown, and either halts or reboots
the system. The exact action to be taken is determined by the
flags passed in
the system.
The exact action to be taken is determined by the flags passed in
.Fa howto
and by whether or not the system has finished autoconfiguration.
.Pp