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SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] x86 setup: correct booting on 486DX4
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.

-hpa
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