[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.08-pre10, including "bigraw" support

Geert Stappers stappers at stappers.nl
Sun May 1 00:04:46 PDT 2005


On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 11:10:02PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I have released 3.08-pre10, which includes a version of 'raw' support 
> which should work when the CPU is in big real mode (called 'bigraw', 
> appropriately enough.)
> 
> Note that it will ALWAYS put DS and ES in big mode; there isn't any 
> really sane way to test if they should be or not.



Would you please elaborate that?

Does it mean better support for QEMU/Bochs/VM-ware/whateverCPUemulator
or does the announced change break working in such environments?



Cheers
Geert Stappers




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