Can I access BIOS using JNI?

Hi,
Can I access BIOS using JNI on Windows and Linux platforms?
Mathew

I guess that the old BIOS functions (INT 15 for instance) are "emulated" by Windows when you are running old 16-bit DOS programs. They're mapped into equivalent Windows calls. Even if the BIOS implement different features you can't run the exact BIOS code. (Please correct me if I'm wrong)
I don't know about Linux handling of BIOS calls.
If you simply want to read (not execute) the BIOS code in Linux you can use a special device (/dev/kmem? I can't remember the exact name) and seek to the BIOS address.

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http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/8duj09uc.txt
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