Re: OS startup goals and steps

From	"wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at>
Newsgroups	alt.os.development
Subject	Re: OS startup goals and steps
Date	2015-07-17 17:29 +0200
Organization	KESYS-development
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Rod Pemberton wrote:
... 
>>>> INT15_C2 (to enable USB to PS/2 mouse emulation)
>>>
>>> Could you explain this one? ...

>> My BIOSes (all AMI) will not emulate an USB-mouse without setting
>> up a far-pointer by 15C207 to a (dummy RETF anyway) routine
>> followed by a 15C200BH01 (enable). Perhaps because my keybords
>> are still PS/2.
>> After this I can use PM/RM port60 mouse routines and ignore BIOS.

> I would not figure that out from RBIL.
 
> Is this custom for your motherboard and BIOS?
> 
> Or, is this something in one of the many specifications?
 
I stumbled over it and figured it by coincidence, it may be 
board-specific or just a sideeffect of AMI-BIOS behaviour.

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wolfgang

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OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 10:35 +0100
  Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-15 04:00 -0400
    Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-15 22:29 -0400
      Re: OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 08:00 +0100
        Re: OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 11:01 +0100
          Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-17 05:40 -0400
            Re: OS startup goals and steps "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2015-07-17 17:58 +0200
        Re: OS startup goals and steps "Alexei A. Frounze" <alexfrunews@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 03:24 -0700
  Re: OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 10:32 +0100
    Re: OS startup goals and steps "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2015-07-16 16:04 +0200
      Re: OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 06:44 +0100
        Re: OS startup goals and steps "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2015-07-17 17:50 +0200
    Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-17 06:10 -0400
      Re: OS startup goals and steps "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 18:07 +0100
        Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-18 03:35 -0400
  Re: OS startup goals and steps "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2015-07-16 14:42 +0200
    Re: OS startup goals and steps "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-07-17 05:48 -0400
      Re: OS startup goals and steps "wolfgang kern" <nowhere@never.at> - 2015-07-17 17:29 +0200

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