Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:37:37 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] VMware detection support for x86 and x86-64 |
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Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > Which would be hardware implementers in the '80s getting wrong the first few > times what IBM did right the first time. Doesn't *anybody* do literature > searches before doing stuff anymore? ;)
Well, yes. There are some prety strong reasons to believe that Intel got that one wrong *deliberately*, until VMware finally forced their hand.
-hpa
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