Re: Why VESA and DPMS are available only for i386?

From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy_at_optushome.com.au>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:57 +1000
On 2008-Sep-15 13:43:31 -0700, Pedro Giffuni <pfgshield-freebsd_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>I can't find any reference, but according to the Wikipedia, even in long mode AMD64 is able to run 16-bit (or 80286) protected mode applications:

AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual, Volume 1: Application
Programming - No. 24592 states:
"Compatibility mode - the second submode of long mode - allows 64-bit
 operating systems to run existing 16-bit and 32-bit x86
 applications. These legacy applications run in compatibility mode
 without recompilation."

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.

Received on Tue Sep 16 2008 - 05:47:47 UTC

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