On Sat, Jul 06, 2002 at 05:15:26AM -0700, David Xu wrote: > > I don't know how DOS emulating program works, but if it let DOS > program run in VM86 mode, the in_vm86call global flag can prevent > one CPU to run VM86 BIOS call and another CPU run DOS VM86 code, > because it can not distinct which CPU the kernel is calling BIOS > and which CPU is running VM86 DOS code, under SMP this is a problem. > for exapmle, vesa module running on first CPU is calling VM86 BIOS, > and second CPU is running DOS program, the DOS program maybe simply > executes a privilege instruction to trigger trap, and the CPU > will see itself calling VM86 BIOS, but it shouldn't.
The virtual vm86 mode that doscmd(1) uses is different than the vm86 bios calls (or bios16, or bios32) which allows direct execution of BIOS code. They do not have much in common. doscmd() does not directly execute any of the BIOS code; it provides its own BIOS emulator. The scenario you postulate above cannot exist. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
