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Date:      Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:45:35 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile 
Message-ID:  <30362.919896335@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:12:04 %2B0800." <199902241612.AAA36055@spinner.netplex.com.au> 

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In message <199902241612.AAA36055@spinner.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm writes:
>Mike Smith wrote:
>>   Modified files:
>>     sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile 
>>   Log:
>>   Don't try protecting page 0; it seems that BIOS writers now feel it's
>>   appropriate to check for Windows95 by polling for state in low
>>   memory, with fatal results.
>
>This truely sucks! :-(

I think I've seen one PnP having the "docking" semaphore in page zero
already, so it was only a matter of time...

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!


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