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Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

Yes, that's a risky thing to do.
BTW, what do we know about IF on entry from BIOS? Because the only safe way to move stack when IF=1 is to use LSS.

06 Mar 2009, 09:49

revolution
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revolution

You can also use the two instruction sequence -

Code:

mov ss,something
mov sp,anotherThing

CPU ignores interrupts for one instruction cycle after the mov ss

06 Mar 2009, 09:58

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar

Oh, right, that was working already on 8086. Only on 8088 it was bugged. Smile

06 Mar 2009, 10:35

bitRAKE

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bitRAKE

I wonder how many computers boot daily with various MBRs?

06 Mar 2009, 17:01

revolution
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I wonder how many computers stay on 24/7 and boot rarely?

06 Mar 2009, 17:10

bitRAKE

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bitRAKE

Having tried to educate problem about the various power/time saving techniques, I can tell you that it is not as successful as I'd like it to be. I cringe watching someone at the coffee shop spend 5 minutes to close all their work and shutdown Windows.

<ah, another topic branch - I've got that MBR here somewhere under this stack of windows...>

06 Mar 2009, 17:40

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