Re: [PATCH] WTF is VLI?

[Dave Jones]

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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