From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752889Ab2FKCYg (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:24:36 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:54302 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751977Ab2FKCYf (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2012 22:24:35 -0400 References: <20120608135200.371649691@goodmis.org> <20120608135603.699156773@goodmis.org> <4FD223E1.1090707@zytor.com> <1339173716.13377.50.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <4FD23626.4020802@zytor.com> <1339176975.13377.56.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> <4FD238CD.8000601@zytor.com> <1339177929.13377.66.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Remove cmpxchg from i386 NMI nesting code From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:23:59 -0700 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , Steven Rostedt CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner Message-ID: <32f96f44-00a6-4341-a87c-888e0debcebf@email.android.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just use a VM or a simulator. "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: >On Fri, 8 Jun 2012, Steven Rostedt wrote: > >> "Idiot! Why the f*ck are you running i386 on your nice shiny new >x86_64 >> machine, with Umpteen Gigs of RAM. Boot a x86_64 kernel for Christ >sake >> and get your full potential. Your i386 userspace will still work just >> fine on it. You're like one of those 75 year old retirees that can >> finally buy a Porsche just to drive it 10 miles per hour below the >speed >> limit with a line of cars behind them!" > >:) Yeah, if only native x86_64 could run vm86 so as to ask the VGA >BIOS >to unbotch the graphics card that shot itself into the foot for >whatever >reason, sigh... > > Maciej -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting.