>>>>> "SG" == Stafford Goodsell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
SG> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mattias Blomqvist writes:
>> Hello
>> I have once in a while for the past years looked at dosemu and i must
>> say its very nice program.
>> However, there are dos-programs out there that wants ring 0 access which
>> isnt possible. Wouldnt it be possible to allow dosemu that kind of
>> access if you are running as root and you really want to?
>> Maybe something to activate at compile time that compiles a dosemu that
>> can do it. In my opinion its the one big thing missing...
>>
SG> ive been thinking about this too.
SG> its probably not wise or even possible to allow ring 0 access to a
SG> dos program, but im wondering if it can be faked. What kinds of
SG> instructions are executed by progs that want to run in VCPI mode?
But it is hard to fake because on an intel cpu you can ask which privlegle
level you are at. So we have to emulate the whole stupid CPU to do it.
Eric
