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Re: off topic - Assembler using GCC



On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 12:09:18AM +0800, ivan wrote:
> 
> >
> >If this code can work at all, then only if it is run as root, and even then
> >I think you need a way to get permission from kernel (although I am not
> >sure). Please check the source code of svgatextmode and svgalib.
> 
> I tried checking the source code of svgalib - if it's going to remain as
> difficult as it seems I may find a simpler project.

I think it is.
 
> I was hoping that there would be a simple method of getting permission from
> the kernel for this operation and for direct access to video memory/registers.

Mmmh. What do you need this for? Maybe you should try to make use of ggi or
similar project efforts? You could also write your own (dirty!) kernel
device driver module which allows you to access hardware directly. This is
not too hard.

Marcus

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