great Kevin! Really Great! I am really happy to see this!



--- Kevin Lawton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>Part: 1
><pre>Folks,
>
>Some enhancements and bug-fixes later, and now plex86 boots Linux
>normally...kick-ass!!!
>
>I will commit changes to CVS soon after I clean up my current
>code.
>
>Plex86 can actually run guest code in 3 modes now:
>
>  1) Normal mode.  This is SBE (scan-before-execute) controlled.
>     Most code is run natively, some instructions are virtualized
>     and thus emulated.
>
>  2) Emulation mode.  This emulates code in a loop much like bochs,
>     only everything happens in the monitor space as in 1).  This
>     is good for testing the emulation code in plex86.  And for
>     cosimulation with bochs.
>
>  3) Breakpoint mode.  This is like 1), only the TF is set so that
>     only one instruction will be run.  This is useful for testing 1)
>     but with very fine-grained control of execution, and is very useful
>     for cosimulation with bochs.
>
>I believe all 3 modes can boot Linux.  The enclosed graphic is from 1).
>The other modes seem to work, but I bailed early on execution because
>I was impatient.  :^)
>
>-Kevin</pre>Part: 2
><p><center><img 
>src="attachments/folder=Plex86&uid=1406961328&pn=2/plex86bootslinux.gif"></center></p>

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