[comp.os.minix] BIOS based device drivers.

roberto@cwi.nl (Rob ten Kroode) (11/15/88)

After dr. Tanenbaum's announcement of BIOS-based device drivers I have
a question:
Will the drivers become slower ?
I do not know much about the BIOS, but I think you will lose some performance
if you use some software interface. Directly accessing the hardware
(as it is done currently) seems the fastest way there is.

Rob.


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