[OpenBIOS] Why protected mode?

[Matthias Wächter]

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Timothy J. Massey wrote:

> Only with a 32-bit processor can you realistically eliminate segmented
> memory.

Don't say that: There are some Xeon motherboards around (well, most of
them are sold in complete supported systems) supporting 16GB of memory and
more. Since you need more than 32 bits to address this space, they had to
design work-arounds like segmentation (I don't know anything more about
it). Even worse: The switching is done externally, by the chipset...

> Tim Massey

Sehr Wus,
- Matthias

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