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kvm86 kernel option



Does anyone use (or have used in the last n years) the i386
kernel VM86, KVM86 or KVM86DEBUG options that (I think) allows
16bit user programs to run within a 32bit kernel?

My suspicions are that, if it ever worked, it will have bitrotted
out of existance!

Deleting it seems to be a good idea.

Possibly wine uses it for 16bit windows code?
In any case anything written in 16bit code can probably be emulated
fast enough to be useful.

        David

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David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost


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