Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Wlinux vs. LWin95, looking at the alternative | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:10:21 +0200 (MET DST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Rik van Riel wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Richard Jones wrote:
> > As I understand it, there are only a few commands that > > can't be properly virtualized on the i386 processors. Is
> They will trap with 'invalid instruction', and can (in > theory) be deassembled and emulated JIT...
Sorry. That's an '85 Intel mistake. The problem is that some instructions that SHOULD trap, simply DON"T.
Roger.
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