Re: [PATCH 1/2] VMware detection support for x86 and x86-64

[Pavel Machek]

On Fri 2008-09-26 10:37:37, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
>> Which would be hardware implementers in the '80s getting wrong the first few
>> times what IBM did right the first time.  Doesn't *anybody* do literature
>> searches before doing stuff anymore? ;)
>
> Well, yes.  There are some prety strong reasons to believe that Intel  
> got that one wrong *deliberately*, until VMware finally forced their 
> hand.

Any details? Did intel try to force people to ia64?

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