On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Jon Smirl wrote:

> So if the x86-64 is getting rid of real mode when
> running a 64b OS, how is XFree going to make those
> nasty old vm86 INT 10 calls for things like getting
> DDC and resetting secondary adapters?

It contains an emulator for real-mode 8086.  How do you think they do it
on other platforms with AGP/PCI but not x86? ;)

-Peter

"Of course, I'm not unbiased, but in my humble opinion, I've
 gotten close to something that I can be really proud of."
 -- Knuth on The Art of Computer Programming.


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