Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Even on 386 and 486 class cpus? > Yes, even on 386 and 486 class CPUs. I have personally tested this on machines as old as the original "double sigma" 386-16. > To some extent if the rules don't change it makes sense for them to > copy the information from one generation to the next of the architecture. > Even if the current cpus don't really care. > > I guess I just don't see the sense in taking chances if we don't have > to, and I don't see any real advantage of doing a data segment reload > before the jump. It makes the code cleaner -- more debuggable -- by introducing clean separation between 16- and 32-bit code. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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