Appendix D: Industrial Devices

Checkpoint

Description

Code

 

00h

Code copying to specific areas is done. Passing control

to INT 19h boot loader next.

 

Table D-7 Bus Checkpoint Codes

The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoints:

Checkpoint

 

 

Description

 

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2Ah

Initializing

the

different

bus

system,

static, and output

devices, if present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38h

Initialized

bus

input,

IPL,

and general devices, if

present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39h

Displaying bus initialization error messages, if any.

95h

Initializing

bus

adaptor

ROMs from

C8000h through

D8000h.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table D-8 Additional Bus Checkpoints

 

 

While control is inside the different bus routines, additional checkpoints are output to I/O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being executed.

These are word checkpoints. The low byte of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines.

The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in different buses. This information will not be shown on POST code display because this device is 8-bit only. However, it can be seen in any equipment connected to I/O port address 0080h.

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Intel Raptor AT manual Table D-7 Bus Checkpoint Codes