The print routines in the BIOS I knew of took a length parameter in the
CX register (also IIRC)
These were string routines. Service 0x0E of interrupt 0x0A (now that I
think better perhaps it wasn't 10 = 0x0A, rather 0x10 = 16) provided
character output.
Running protected mode servers really
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Eris Discordia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> i think it's a tradition at this point to use 0x20 and not 0x00 to
>> fill a fixed-with signature. ata identify device uses 0x20 to fill
>> out fixed-width fields like the serial number. i'd be interested
>> where this tr
i think it's a tradition at this point to use 0x20 and not 0x00 to
fill a fixed-with signature. ata identify device uses 0x20 to fill
out fixed-width fields like the serial number. i'd be interested
where this tradition popped up. 0 would make more sense.
I risk being wrong--as always--and sa
> It's the ACPI Secure Computing Initiative: fixed input format == no
> buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Long live Herman Hollerith!
>
if bios wants to own the os, using buffer overflow in acpi
seems like more effort than necessary.
- erik
It's the ACPI Secure Computing Initiative: fixed input format == no
buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Long live Herman Hollerith!
ron minnich wrote:
> This courtesy of the ACPI spec: ""RSD PTR " (Notice that this
> signature must contain a trailing
> blank character.)"
>
> So where do we get the
As the subject says, punched cards. Except it was a '40'X on the 360.
On Nov 3, 2008, at 7:06 AM, erik quanstrom wrote:
This courtesy of the ACPI spec: ""RSD PTR " (Notice that this
signature must contain a trailing
blank character.)"
So where do we get the guys who design this stuff? Can we
> This courtesy of the ACPI spec: ""RSD PTR " (Notice that this
> signature must contain a trailing
> blank character.)"
>
> So where do we get the guys who design this stuff? Can we send them
> back? Or put them in an infinite loop in a time machine (oh wait see
> the subject).
i think it's a tra
This courtesy of the ACPI spec: ""RSD PTR " (Notice that this
signature must contain a trailing
blank character.)"
So where do we get the guys who design this stuff? Can we send them
back? Or put them in an infinite loop in a time machine (oh wait see
the subject).
ron
