On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Mark Zealey wrote: > Actually 3 modes, real, pmode and vm86 mode which is a real mode emulation with > all the security of pmode. This is how stuff like dosemu works. Yep, i wonder if you could call SMM (System Management Mode) #4 then, but thats another weird one. I think there should be a SPM (Sane Processor Mode) where all the x86 brain damages all disappear and we can just get on with our coding ;) Cheers, Zwane -- 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/