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Re: Real-Mode of Intel processors!!

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:28:22PM +0530, Ketan Mukadam wrote:
> Actually what you have written, that stuff i already know, but what
> i wanted to know is that where the real-mode is used except
> bootstrapping. Once ur OS gets booted the processor is switched in
> protected mode.[ This is true of Linux ] Now in which situations it
> returns to real-mode or is it that it never goes into real-mode after
> booting??

Processor reset, as far as I know.


Cheers,
Bill
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