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To: Kevin Lawton <kevinlawton2001@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Simple patches for Linux as a guest OS in a plex86 VM (please consider)
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Date: 22 Jan 2003 20:16:15 +0100
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Kevin Lawton <kevinlawton2001@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> I'm working on running Linux as a guest OS inside a
> lightweight cut-down plex86 environment.  My goal is to
> run a stock Linux kernel, which can be slimmed down to

Wouldn't it be easier if you just compile the kernel 
with a simple gcc wrapper that replaces all pushfl and popfl with your new 
sequences in the assembly code generated by gcc and also in assembly files 
compiled with the gcc wrapper?

I guess that would avoid much maintenance hazzle long term

-Andi
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