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2012 Dec 31
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Post-Syslinux Memory Manager
...d be derived from MEMDISK). This
hook could extend INT 0x15 to accept modifications to the memory-map. It
could have a few spare slots for these changes. It could have an
installation check function. It could report failure if the spare slots
become full.
Syslinux could have a wrapper function perm_alloc() that:
- Checks for the INT 0x15 hook's presence. If not installed, installs it
- Allocates memory from Syslinux' memory arenas
- Marks that memory in the memory map using the INT 0x15 hook
MEMDISK could check for the presence of this INT 0x15 hook and use it if
it's available....