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The graphic driver works invoking the BIOS services through soft interrupts.
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This can be done using x_callBIOS() or vm86_callBIOS(): the first solution
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works in all the possible systems, but can be used only if the program is run
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through X.exe, whereas the second one (vm86_callBIOS()) can be used also if
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the system is booted using GRUB. The drawback of the vm86 based solution is
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that it may crash some buggy systems (in particular, systems based on funny
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video bioses that invoke soft INTs inside the BIOS).
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This problem will be fixed in the future; for the moment, it is possible to
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compile the library to use x_callBIOS (default) or vm86_callBIOS (add -DVM86
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to the c compiler options in the makefile - you can use C_OPT += -DVM86).
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WARNING: the banked ops may have some problems...
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please report bugs to luca@hartik.sssup.it