cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx btx.S

Ceri Davies ceri at submonkey.net
Wed Dec 6 10:57:42 PST 2006


On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:54:47AM -0800, mjacob at freebsd.org wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> >jhb         2006-12-06 17:45:35 UTC
> >
> > FreeBSD src repository
> >
> > Modified files:
> >   sys/boot/i386/btx/btx btx.S
> > Log:
> > Ignore any breakpoint instructions (int 3) we encounter in vm86 mode
> > rather than treating them as a fatal exception and halting.  At least one
> > storage BIOS (some newer mpt(4) parts) have a breakpoint instruction in
> > their disk read routine.
>
> And the crowd goes wild!
> 
> Thanks! This will fix all those SunFire 4100s.....

That is great news.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere
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