Re: Wlinux vs. LWin95, looking at the alternative

Rogier Wolff (R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl)
Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:10:21 +0200 (MET DST)

Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, Richard Jones wrote:

> > As I understand it, there are only a few commands that
> > can't be properly virtualized on the i386 processors. Is

> They will trap with 'invalid instruction', and can (in
> theory) be deassembled and emulated JIT...

Sorry. That's an '85 Intel mistake. The problem is that some
instructions that SHOULD trap, simply DON"T.

Roger. 

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