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. -- | The two rules of Rob: Rob ten Kroode (roberto@cwi.nl) | rule #1 : I am _always_ right. | rule #2 : If I am not right, apply rule #1. "I'm your icecream man; stop me when I'm passin' by..." Van Halen