Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:02:51 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] x86 setup: correct booting on 486DX4 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > And Linux always did it correctly. I don't understand why you disagree, > and why Jeremy says > > "Having successfully broken the rules for a long time so far, > maybe we can get away with still cutting corners..." > > when the fact is, we used to *not* cut corners, we used to *not* break the > rules, and what we used to do (a short jump immediately after setting PE) > was exactly what Intel always said you should do, and there is no question > what-so-ever about it. >
Apparently because the Intel documentation disagrees with itself. That's all.
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