From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hd4Lc-0004cn-LI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:00:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hd4Lb-0004aw-RM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:00:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hd4Lb-0004ad-IY for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:00:51 -0400 Received: from ptb-relay02.plus.net ([212.159.14.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hd4H6-0003LE-6i for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 08:56:12 -0400 Received: from [212.159.106.41] (helo=bandsman.co.uk) by ptb-relay02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1Hd4H4-0006ch-Ma for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:56:10 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.2] (njh [192.168.1.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by bandsman.co.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l3FCu9X8002758 for ; Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:56:09 +0100 Message-ID: <462220E9.1090904@bandsman.co.uk> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:56:09 +0100 From: Nigel Horne MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] 16-bit (and 8-bit) emulation References: <4621F9B8.8090808@bandsman.co.uk> <200704151335.05068.paul@codesourcery.com> <46221E0F.6050208@bandsman.co.uk> <200704151354.47567.paul@codesourcery.com> In-Reply-To: <200704151354.47567.paul@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080709050709020201070505" Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080709050709020201070505 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul Brook wrote: >>> Modern x86 are backwards compatible[*], so you should be able to do that >>> anyway. >> Care to share with us how I do that? Is it an option to gcc? > > gcc does not support 16-bit mode. > > My point is that pretty much anything that runs on a 286 should also run on > any subsequent x86 processor. If you want to test 16-bit x86 software/systems > you don't need an actual 286. A 386 is just as good for almost all purposes. How does that address my issue? > Paul -Nigel -- Nigel Horne. Arranger, Adjudicator, Band Trainer, Composer, Tutor, Typesetter. NJH Music, Barnsley, UK. ICQ#20252325 njh@bandsman.co.uk http://www.bandsman.co.uk --------------080709050709020201070505 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="njh.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="njh.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Nigel Horne n:Horne;Nigel org:NJH Music email;internet:njh@bandsman.co.uk tel;fax:+44 870 705 9334 note:Skype: nigelhorne x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------080709050709020201070505--