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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-12-11 10:32:57 -0800 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-12-11 10:32:57 -0800 |
| commit | d13dbc02285ab12ecc54e0ecca5ed31fa9ade21e (patch) | |
| tree | 2f4d531bea04f53014bacea4e94ed54b00ea686b | |
| parent | 805532bff06e6051d42667f7c5d6aafbf8454970 (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-d13dbc02285ab12ecc54e0ecca5ed31fa9ade21e.tar.gz | |
Document cfarcall thunking support
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@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ Changes in 3.54: (see README.menu). * vesamenu: fix handing of VESA modes with noncontiguous memory buffers. In particular, Qemu/KVM sets up such a mode - when Cirrus Logic emulation is enabled (which is the default.) + when Cirrus Logic emulation is enabled (which is the + default.) + * Support for calling real mode functions using far calls, + with argument on the stack. This was implemented to support + the BIOS BBS specification, but subsequent experiments show + that the most common BIOS core on the planet, Phoenix, + passes the presence check but doesn't actually implement the + functionality. Changes in 3.53: * Fix bugs related to the $PnP BIOS functionality on some |