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> all processes + kernel run in Real Mode instead?
Adding to that,clearly, there is some misunderstanding you have about the real mode and protected mode.
Protected mode is not *only* to have virtual addressing, its for 32 bit addressing scheme as well.
Real mode is a 16 bit addressing thing with 20bit address bus.
hope reading the history of intel machines explains this clearly.
Regards
Srinivas Bakki
