Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> "Idiot! Why the f*ck are you running i386 on your nice shiny new x86_64
> machine, with Umpteen Gigs of RAM. Boot a x86_64 kernel for Christ sake
> and get your full potential. Your i386 userspace will still work just
> fine on it. You're like one of those 75 year old retirees that can
> finally buy a Porsche just to drive it 10 miles per hour below the speed
> limit with a line of cars behind them!"

 :)  Yeah, if only native x86_64 could run vm86 so as to ask the VGA BIOS 
to unbotch the graphics card that shot itself into the foot for whatever 
reason, sigh...

  Maciej
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