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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 10:38:17 +0100 (MET)
From: Peter Finderup Lund <firefly@diku.dk>
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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Thomas J. Merritt wrote:

> The only way to get from long-mode back to legacy-mode is to reset the
> processor.  It can be done in software but you will likely lose interrupts.

Smartdrv.sys and triple-faults come back, all is forgiven!  ;)

-Peter

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