Describe /dev/vgabios. [rsc] --rw-rw-r-- M 451989 glenda sys 4957 Nov 6 13:16 sys/man/3/vga /n/sourcesdump/2005/1106/plan9/sys/man/3/vga:5,15 - /n/sourcesdump/2005/1107/plan9/sys/man/3/vga:5,14 .nf .B bind #v /dev + .B /dev/vgabios .B /dev/vgactl - - .B /dev/vgaovlctl - .B /dev/vgaovl + .B /dev/vgaovlctl .fi .SH DESCRIPTION The VGA device allows configuration of a graphics controller /n/sourcesdump/2005/1106/plan9/sys/man/3/vga:23,28 - /n/sourcesdump/2005/1107/plan9/sys/man/3/vga:22,31 it is used to implement configuration and setup of VGA controller cards. This is usually performed by .IR vga (8). + .PP + .B Vgabios + provides read-only access to the low 640kB of memory, + where the VGA and other BIOS ROMs are located. .PP Writing strings to .B vgactl [rsc] --rw-rw-r-- M 451989 glenda sys 3864 Nov 6 13:16 sys/man/8/vga /n/sourcesdump/2005/1106/plan9/sys/man/8/vga:59,65 - /n/sourcesdump/2005/1107/plan9/sys/man/8/vga:59,64 .TP .B -c disable the use of the hardware graphics cursor. - (Since there is no software cursor, this disables the cursor entirely.) .TP .B -d include the color palette in whatever actions are performed,