Re: software reset

Gabriel Paubert
2003-04-30T16:08:37Z

On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 05:04:59AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> And as an interesting data point all a triple fault does on a modern
> system is to put the cpu in a weird stopped state. Some hardware
> usually the southbridge then detects this and if properly configured
> will trigger the reset line.
>
> I believe this may actually go back into history as far as the 486 but
> I have not done the researched to see how far back this behavior goes.

Try 286. It was the fastest (actually only) way to make a 286 switch back
from protected to real mode.

Gabriel