Changes in v1.7.5 (8/21/2002) (brianp)

- biosvid.S (BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit): Added code to
  disable the blink bit in the text mode character
  attribute byte so that the full range of
  background colors can be used.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=3374

freeldr/freeldr/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Changes in v1.7.5 (8/21/2002) (brianp)
+
+- biosvid.S (BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit): Added code to
+  disable the blink bit in the text mode character
+  attribute byte so that the full range of
+  background colors can be used.
+
 Changes in v1.7.4 (8/20/2002) (brianp)
 
 - Boot sector code now reports to freeldr.sys the partition

freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/biosvid.S

@@ -586,3 +586,37 @@ EXTERN(_VideoGetTextCursorPositionY)
 
 
 
+/*
+ * VOID BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit(VOID);
+ */
+EXTERN(_BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit)
+	.code32
+
+	pushal
+
+	call	switch_to_real
+
+	.code16
+
+	/* Toggle Intensity/Blinking Bit */
+	/* AX = 1003h */
+	/* BL = new state */
+	/*   00h background intensity enabled */
+	/*   01h blink enabled */
+	/* Note: although there is no function to get */
+	/* the current status, bit 5 of 0040h:0065h */
+	/* indicates the state. */
+	movw	$0x1003,%ax
+	movb	$0x00,%bl
+	int		$0x10
+
+	call	switch_to_prot
+
+	.code32
+
+	popal
+
+	ret
+
+
+

freeldr/freeldr/include/version.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 /* just some stuff */
-#define VERSION			"FreeLoader v1.7.4"
+#define VERSION			"FreeLoader v1.7.5"
 #define COPYRIGHT		"Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Brian Palmer <brianp@sginet.com>"
 #define AUTHOR_EMAIL	"<brianp@sginet.com>"
 #define BY_AUTHOR		"by Brian Palmer"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 //
 #define FREELOADER_MAJOR_VERSION	1
 #define FREELOADER_MINOR_VERSION	7
-#define FREELOADER_PATCH_VERSION	4
+#define FREELOADER_PATCH_VERSION	5
 
 
 PUCHAR	GetFreeLoaderVersionString(VOID);

freeldr/freeldr/include/video.h

@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ VOID	BiosSet350ScanLines(VOID);						// Implemented in biosvid.S, must be called
 VOID	BiosSet400ScanLines(VOID);						// Implemented in biosvid.S, must be called right before BiosSetVideoMode()
 VOID	BiosSet480ScanLines(VOID);						// Implemented in biosvid.S, must be called right after BiosSetVideoMode()
 VOID	BiosSetVideoDisplayEnd(VOID);					// Implemented in biosvid.S
+VOID	BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit(VOID);					// Implemented in biosvid.S
 
-VOID	VideoSetTextCursorPosition(U32 X, U32 Y);	// Implemented in biosvid.S
+VOID	VideoSetTextCursorPosition(U32 X, U32 Y);		// Implemented in biosvid.S
 VOID	VideoHideTextCursor(VOID);						// Implemented in biosvid.S
 VOID	VideoShowTextCursor(VOID);						// Implemented in biosvid.S
 U32		VideoGetTextCursorPositionX(VOID);				// Implemented in biosvid.S

freeldr/freeldr/ui/ui.c

@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ BOOL UiInitialize(VOID)
 
 	VideoClearScreen();
 	VideoHideTextCursor();
+	BiosVideoDisableBlinkBit();
 
 	// Draw the backdrop and title box
 	UiDrawBackdrop();