Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 23:30:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 23:29:54 -0400 Received: from hermes.toad.net ([162.33.130.251]:42914 "EHLO hermes.toad.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 23:29:43 -0400 Subject: Re: sysctl interface to bootflags? From: Thomas Hood To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.15 (Preview Release) Date: 08 Oct 2001 23:29:27 -0400 Message-Id: <1002598168.5284.26.camel@thanatos> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Well, it may run, but what it changed was NOT the SBF field. When I restarted my machine the BIOS beeped and told me there was an error in the nonvolatile RAM. I was made to reset the system date, and then the computer rebooted normally. -- Thomas > Thanks. I tested the new sbf.c and after hacking it a > bit to remove the fail-on-invalid-reg-value, it runs: > > root@thanatos:/home/jdthood/src/sbf# ./a.out > BOOT @ 0x07fd0040 > CMOS register: 0x33 > Read current value := 0x88 > Read updated value := 0x89 > > Here it has set bit 0, the PnP-OS bit. Do you have any > plans to enhance the program to allow control of all the flags? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/