Re: Interrupt testing

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 04:43:01PM +0100, phcoder wrote:
> Hello. Here is a trivial patch for testing which interrupts are and  
> which aren't handled by BIOS. Can be used as a simple but not reliable  
> test for boot viruses

Would it be feasible to make this more generic?  BIOS works with 16-bit 8086
mode interrupt handlers, others might have setup 32-bit interrupt handlers.

What would you think of:

  - Detect both 16-bit / 8086 interrupts and 32-bit ones.
  - Make it agnostic about what firmware instead of assuming BIOS.
  - Building it in i386.rmk instead.

  ?

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