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Bug#473176: ITP: v86d -- execute x86 BIOS code in a controlled environment



Package: wnpp
Owner: Evgeni Golov <sargentd@die-welt.net>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : v86d
  Version         : 0.1.3
  Upstream Author : Michał Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
* URL or Web page : http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/
* License         : GPL-2
  Description     : execute x86 BIOS code in a controlled environment

 v86d provides a backend for kernel drivers that need to execute
 x86 BIOS code. The code is executed in a controlled environment
 and the results are passed back to the kernel via the netlink
 interface.
 .
 v86d is needed by the uvesafb kernel module.

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