Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [sserapion] 44807: Add definitions for the x86bios emulator. http://www.geoffchappell.com/viewer.htm?doc=studies/windows/km/hal/api/x86bios/index.htm

[Timo Kreuzer]

Colin Finck schrieb:
>   sserapion(a)svn.reactos.org wrote:
>    
> >   Add definitions for the x86bios emulator.
> >
> >       
>  http://www.geoffchappell.com/viewer.htm?doc=studies/windows/km/hal/api/x86bi
>  os/index.htm
>
> >  From the link: "The HAL in x86 builds of
> > Windows Vista introduces a set of 
>  functions for accessing the 16-bit firmware that
> Windows started from."
>
>  So you're adding functions from the x86 HAL in NT6 to our NT5.2-targeted
>  AMD64 HAL? Is it just me who gets confused here?
>  If it's alright, I'd like to hear some explanations.
>     
Yes those are NT6+, but they are for x86 and amd64. There is an older
amd64 only interface in NT5.2, but I don't see any use in supporting
this older interface as it's private and undocumented anyway. I don't
expect any 3rd party drivers to use it. Also there is documentation for
the newer interface available and it's usable for x86 later, too.