Why VESA and DPMS are available only for i386?
Peter Jeremy
peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Tue Sep 16 07:47:47 UTC 2008
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.
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