Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > we're seeing an odd problem in an i586 cpu. Linuxbios loads fine. > Etherboot loads fine. The plan9 loader loads fine. The plan9 loader does > its own LGDT. Everything works until the 9loader does this: > mov $8, %ax > mov %ax, %ss > > Trying to load the %ss in the i586 causes the CPU to hang. The PIII, with > the exact same instruction sequence, works fine. > > Anybody out there have an idea what could be going on?
Without knowing more it looks like something has smashed your GDT. Eric
