I want to detect which mode I just using now with BIOS intXX when running bootloader I wrote. How to detect now is text mode or graphics mode? Which interrupt function I should use? Thank you~
I didn't figure out why when I run int 10 ,the value of AL doesn't change.
(0) Breakpoint 1, 0x00007c00 in ?? ()
Next at t=12943079
(0) [0x00007c00] 0000:7c00 (unk. ctxt): mov ah, 0x0f ; b40f
<bochs:3> reg
eax: 0x0000aa55 43605
ecx: 0x00090000 589824
edx: 0x00000000 0
ebx: 0x00000000 0
esp: 0x0000ffd6 65494
ebp: 0x00000000 0
esi: 0x000e476c 935788
edi: 0x0000ffac 65452
eip: 0x00007c00
eflags 0x00000082: id vip vif ac vm rf nt IOPL=0 of df if tf SF zf af pf cf
<bochs:4> n
Next at t=12943080
(0) [0x00007c02] 0000:7c02 (unk. ctxt): mov al, 0xaa ; b0aa
<bochs:5> reg
eax: 0x00000f55 3925
ecx: 0x00090000 589824
edx: 0x00000000 0
ebx: 0x00000000 0
esp: 0x0000ffd6 65494
ebp: 0x00000000 0
esi: 0x000e476c 935788
edi: 0x0000ffac 65452
eip: 0x00007c02
eflags 0x00000082: id vip vif ac vm rf nt IOPL=0 of df if tf SF zf af pf cf
<bochs:6> n
Next at t=12943081
(0) [0x00007c04] 0000:7c04 (unk. ctxt): int 0x0a ; cd0a
<bochs:7> reg
eax: 0x00000faa 4010
ecx: 0x00090000 589824
edx: 0x00000000 0
ebx: 0x00000000 0
esp: 0x0000ffd6 65494
ebp: 0x00000000 0
esi: 0x000e476c 935788
edi: 0x0000ffac 65452
eip: 0x00007c04
eflags 0x00000082: id vip vif ac vm rf nt IOPL=0 of df if tf SF zf af pf cf
<bochs:8> n
Next at t=12943083
(0) [0x00007c06] 0000:7c06 (unk. ctxt): mov dl, al ; 88c2
<bochs:9> reg
eax: 0x00000faa 4010
ecx: 0x00090000 589824
edx: 0x00000000 0
ebx: 0x00000000 0
esp: 0x0000ffd6 65494
ebp: 0x00000000 0
esi: 0x000e476c 935788
edi: 0x0000ffac 65452
eip: 0x00007c06
eflags 0x00000082: id vip vif ac vm rf nt IOPL=0 of df if tf SF zf af pf cf
<bochs:10>
INT10, F
AH = 0F
on return:
AL = mode currently set(page mode)
BH = current display page
Page mode:
AL = 00 40x25 B/W text (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 01 40x25 16 color text (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 02 80x25 16 shades of gray text (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 03 80x25 16 color text (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 04 320x200 4 color graphics (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 05 320x200 4 color graphics (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 06 640x200 B/W graphics (CGA,EGA,MCGA,VGA)
= 07 80x25 Monochrome text (MDA,HERC,EGA,VGA)
= 08 160x200 16 color graphics (PCjr)
= 09 320x200 16 color graphics (PCjr)
= 0A 640x200 4 color graphics (PCjr)
= 0B Reserved (EGA BIOS function 11)
= 0C Reserved (EGA BIOS function 11)
= 0D 320x200 16 color graphics (EGA,VGA)
= 0E 640x200 16 color graphics (EGA,VGA)
= 0F 640x350 Monochrome graphics (EGA,VGA)
= 10 640x350 16 color graphics (EGA or VGA with 128K)
640x350 4 color graphics (64K EGA)
= 11 640x480 B/W graphics (MCGA,VGA)
= 12 640x480 16 color graphics (VGA)
= 13 320x200 256 color graphics (MCGA,VGA)
= 8x EGA, MCGA or VGA ignore bit 7, see below
= 9x EGA, MCGA or VGA ignore bit 7, see below
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