I'm no expert on the subject, but I know that real mode doesn't have any "protections" in place yet like protected mode does. These "protections" are the processor preventing programs from doing certain things, and I was wondering if one of those things is flipping that VT-X locking bit.
In real mode things haven't been set in stone yet. There's more flexibility. From real mode the processor can go into one mode or another. But once you go out of real mode, you can't come back without a power cycle. Given the flexibility and "unsetness" of real mode, still being able to flip that bit goes with the theme of real mode in my mind. Jake Sent from my iPhone -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
