Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:05:25 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com> Cc: dcs@newsguy.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware detection code in boot loader Message-ID: <200006110105.SAA11913@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Jun 2000 20:40:12 EDT." <200006110040.e5B0eB514121@lor.watermarkgroup.com>
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> > As for setting registers ti specific values... huh? Why does this > > matter? Can you explain exactly what your code does and how? > > > VMware intercepts the inb/outb instruction to port 0x5658 when the eax > register is set to a magic value, otherwise it would be handled as any > other ports. I think, again, that adding an i386-specific word that detects the presence of VMware is a perfectly sensible idea, and it should simply be done. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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