[haiku] Re: [GSoC] x86_64 application rough draft
- From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:33:22 +1000
On 8 April 2010 10:22, Nathan Mentley <nathanmentley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do have another question tho. I haven't found any 16bit BeOS code, but
> does any exist?
> I know in 32bit protected mode you can still go back into 16bit real mode...
> but once in 64bit long mode it's impossible to get back to 16bit mode. In
> that case a 64bit haiku won't be able to run any 16bit code. Is there any
> legacy 16bit code or any time haiku goes back to real mode? As far as I can
> tell that isn't the case.
I doubt there is any. The first x86 BeOS was 32 bit and had no legacy
software to support.
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Cheers
David
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