* Willow Schlanger -- Tuesday 29 May 2001 22:59:
> Perhaps plex86 adjusts IOPL to below 3 but X windows likes it at 3 so
> that it can run the video BIOS without worrying about emulating CLI/STI
> etc.?


xc/programs/Xserver/hw/kdrive/vesa/vm86.c

  Vm86Setup(void) {
  ...
      iopl(3);
  ...


m.

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