From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 16 07:47:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6910D106564A for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:47:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.133.218]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA6C8FC0A for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail34.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m8G7kx0s028397 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:47:00 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m8G7kxBa045227; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:59 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m8G7kwgg045226; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:58 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:57 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Pedro Giffuni Message-ID: <20080916074657.GF15376@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <179579.54770.qm@web32701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="9xA8aadJAx1hWuKz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <179579.54770.qm@web32701.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Xin LI , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Oliver Fromme , Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: Why VESA and DPMS are available only for i386? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:47:47 -0000 --9xA8aadJAx1hWuKz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Sep-15 13:43:31 -0700, Pedro Giffuni = wrote: >I can't find any reference, but according to the Wikipedia, even in long m= ode 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." --=20 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. --9xA8aadJAx1hWuKz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjPZHEACgkQ/opHv/APuIcAuwCgtUmmJp0lq0mJq4E2pwNIvfrf ToYAninvGdkxJ9Xe0m1oVUqzmItOD6vt =ErQj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9xA8aadJAx1hWuKz--