> > I don't think the extended-v86 mode is documented well enough for it to
> > be used. It seems to do much of what the current kernel v86 mode support
> > does, except in hardware rather than in software. However, it probably
> > doesn't do it quite the same way, and as the interfaces are "Appendix H"
> > from Intel, it's hard to find out about them..
> >
> > Linus
>
> Extended-v86 mode is fully documented in "Pentium(R) Pro Family
> Developer's Manual, Volume 3: Operating System Writer's Manual"
> available at
> http://developer.intel.com/design/pro/manuals/242692_1.pdf
>
> Yuri Per
This is what Robert Collins said in his article (and I think that
he references the same document):
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Even though Intel finally documented VME, many details were incorrect or
left out.
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Collins' article can be found at http://www.x86.org/ddj/Jan98/Jan98.html.
Juhani