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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:20:43 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
To:        "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Protected mode instructions which reduce to noop.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980423101923.15642A-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980423084228.9592A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>

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i'm seriously doubtful of this.  i think intels throw instr fault
exceptions when stuff like that is executed.

-Alfred

On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, David E. Cross wrote:

> Awhile ago it was discussed about implimenting a VM type architecture on
> intel, and it was agreed that this would be very difficult because intel
> had decided that instead of throwing an illegal instruction exception for
> protected mode instructions that were not run as supervisor, it would
> simply reduce the instriction to NOOP.  What are these instructions.
> 
> --
> David Cross
> 
> 
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