Re: [PATCH] WTF is VLI?

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 16:12:14 EST


On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:05:11PM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> What is this "VLI" that 2.6.9 started putting after the taint string
> in i386 oopses? Vick Library Index? Vineyard Leadership Institute?

"Variable length instructions". I think newer ksymoops looks
for this tag and does something magical when doing disassembly.

Dave

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