Messages in this thread | | | From | Gabriel Paubert <> | Date | Wed, 30 Apr 2003 18:15:25 +0200 | Subject | Re: software reset |
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 05:04:59AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > And as an interesting data point all a triple fault does on a modern > system is to put the cpu in a weird stopped state. Some hardware > usually the southbridge then detects this and if properly configured > will trigger the reset line. > > I believe this may actually go back into history as far as the 486 but > I have not done the researched to see how far back this behavior goes.
Try 286. It was the fastest (actually only) way to make a 286 switch back from protected to real mode.
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