Re: VMware detection code in boot loader

[Mike Smith]

> > As for setting registers ti specific values... huh? Why does this
> > matter? Can you explain exactly what your code does and how? 
> > 
> VMware intercepts the inb/outb instruction to port 0x5658 when the eax
> register is set to a magic value, otherwise it would be handled as any
> other ports.

I think, again, that adding an i386-specific word that detects the 
presence of VMware is a perfectly sensible idea, and it should simply be 
done.

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