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Date:      Wed, 6 Dec 2006 18:34:22 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        mjacob@freebsd.org
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/btx/btx btx.S
Message-ID:  <20061206183422.GD86282@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20061206095404.K33673@ns1.feral.com>
References:  <200612061745.kB6HjZgs054396@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061206095404.K33673@ns1.feral.com>

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On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:54:47AM -0800, mjacob@freebsd.org wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, John Baldwin wrote:
>=20
> >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 o=
ne
> > storage BIOS (some newer mpt(4) parts) have a breakpoint instruction in
> > their disk read routine.
>
> And the crowd goes wild!
>=20
> Thanks! This will fix all those SunFire 4100s.....

That is great news.

Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere

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