On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:28:22PM +0530, Ketan Mukadam wrote: > Actually what you have written, that stuff i already know, but what > i wanted to know is that where the real-mode is used except > bootstrapping. Once ur OS gets booted the processor is switched in > protected mode.[ This is true of Linux ] Now in which situations it > returns to real-mode or is it that it never goes into real-mode after > booting?? Processor reset, as far as I know. Cheers, Bill -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
