Re: Ev86 mode and Linux

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Tue, 9 Dec 1997 15:45:23 +0100 (MET)


On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Trever Adams wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance. I was just reading an article while catching up on my reading and read about Ev86 mode which allows
> things to run more quickly and be more stable on newer Intel 486, Pentium and up chips. I am curious to know if Linux
> impliments this or if it just impliments v86.

Native Linux applications run in full 32-bit protected mode...
Running them in some 8086 emulator wouldn't make things faster :))

And as far as I know, DOS-emu runs in normal v86 mode, but I
don't know for sure as I haven't felt the need to run a DOS
application under Linux since 1995 :))) The Linux apps are
more than good enough for me...

Rik.

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