Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:24:37 -0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 09/20] signal/vm86_32: Replace open coded BUG_ON with an actual BUG_ON |
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 1:23 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > But I could see some quick test hack doing it - the IVT at boot is > actually not at zero, but at fffxxxxx. 8086 is magic.
.. and it's been too long, and I'm too lazy to check - it may be that vm86 mode doesn't even do that magic boot-time address thing.
It's not like we really care about vm86 mode any more, since pretty much nobody users it.
Linus
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