RE: Reading the bios settings programatically from th- e us er mode (or kernel mode) code

Adam,

I looked at what you suggested, and I do NOT think that is what Peter was
looking for. It’s in Intel assembly which suggests to me that it is for DOS,
Linux, and or Unix, and not compatible with a kernel mode windows driver. To
get specific QLogic bios information, Peters best bet is to use the boot
time BIOS of the QLogic adapter, or use an IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT call to the
QLogic mini-port, if QLogic supports a sub-command that will return the
information he needs.

If in a kernel driver, then all he needs to use is the facilities already
provide by PnP … StartDevice and or Read/Write configuration.

Gary G. Little
Staff Engineer
Broadband Storage, Inc.
xxxxx@broadstor.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Peterson [mailto:xxxxx@efficient.com]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 8:25 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] RE: Reading the bios settings programatically from the us
er mode (or kernel mode) code

Do a search for SMBIOS, just did a quick one, and here is a link for a
program with source that reads the bios info:

http://www.voodoofiles.com/3836

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@yahoo.com [mailto:xxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 3:43 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Reading the bios settings programatically from the user
mode (or kernel mode) code

Hello Friends,

Is there any standard way to programatically read the BIOS
settings?

Basically I want to know whether a particular option of the
QLogic HBA adapter (fiber channel) is enabled. From my (user
mode) code I would like to check this and report the user to
change the settings before trying out my software - if a
particular option is not enabled.

Thanks in advance
Peter


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