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Hi, I am new to the linux device driver. I want to call a BIOS interrupt (INT 15) from the linux device driver to read the GPIO status. Is it ...
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  1. 01-17-2012 #1
    Tushar kapse
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    Calling bios interrupt from linux driver

    Hi,

    I am new to the linux device driver. I want to call a BIOS interrupt (INT 15) from the linux device driver to read the GPIO status. Is it possible to access the BIOS interrupt from driver? If YES then how?
    Any help will appreciated...
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    Unless the BIOS is in protected mode operation (usually they are in real mode until the OS takes over), you can't call a BIOS interrupt from the Linux kernel. You need to use the available kernel operations and/or interrupts to do this. So, study some of the kernel programming books available online which will help you learn how to do all this stuff. Also, a lot of useful stuff can be found at The Linux Documentation Project and The Linux Kernel Archives.
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    Thanks a lot Rubberman!!!!
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