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From: Oswald B. <os...@kd...> - 2006-02-11 23:04:22
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On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 09:59:23PM +0000, Tom Hughes wrote: > Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 04:26:48PM +0000, sv...@va... wrote: > > > Author: tom Implement the vm86 and vm86old system calls based on a > > > patch from Alper Akcan. Fixes bug #118939. > > > > i wouldn't be *too* surprised if this induced *tons* of false > > positives for some applications. > > Only applications that use it presumably, which is very few. > indeed, i have problems to come up with three of them. i just meant that people who requested this feature *might* be disappointed about its effects. > > i suppose you don't plan to implement instrumentation of 16 bit code > > ... > > I would expect that a reasonably large number of 16 bit instructions > are already implemented anyway. > believe me, it's "slightly" more complicated that this. we are talking about real/v86 mode here - you know, this stuff with 16 bit offset calculations and segment registers on which you can do arithmetic. also, i can't imagine a dynamic translator would have a particular lot of luck dealing with typical DOS code of mine. :) -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. |