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Message-ID: <47D01BF8.2010805@gnu.org>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:29:44 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@....org>
To:	Robert Dewar <dewar@...core.com>
CC:	NightStrike <nightstrike@...il.com>,
	Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Chris Lattner <clattner@...le.com>,
	Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>,
	Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@...il.com>,
	Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@...opsys.com>, Jan Hubicka <hubicka@....cz>,
	Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gcc@....gnu.org
Subject: Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction
  flag


> Another story, the sad story of the intel chip (I think it was
> the 80188) where Intel made use of Int 5, which was documented
> as reserved. Unfortunately, Microsoft/IBM had used this for
> print screen or some such. Intel was absolutely right that
> their documentation was clear and it was wrong to have used
> these interrupts .. but the result was a warehouse of unused
> chips.

Not really.  Just, no one used the BOUND instruction.  All computers 
running DOS (Intel, AMD, even the old NEC V20/V30 chips) still connect 
INT 5 to Print Screen.

Paolo
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