From owner-cvs-all Wed Feb 24 14:47:58 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E42DB10E74; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 14:47:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id XAA30364; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:45:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Peter Wemm Cc: Mike Smith , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 25 Feb 1999 00:12:04 +0800." <199902241612.AAA36055@spinner.netplex.com.au> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 23:45:35 +0100 Message-ID: <30362.919896335@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message