On Mon 2007-07-30 07:49:07, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 07:38:52PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>  
> > If the needed quirks differ between otherwise identical i386 and
> > x86-64 installation, I'd like to know. That means there's serious
> > problem somewhere.
> 
> Well, the '-a' quirks not working on x86_64 - that does not surprise
> me at all. IIUC, it is somehow surprising that they work on i386 at
> all, because of 16bit BIOS code <--> 32bit mode kernel, isn't it?

No, we do BIOS calls while still in 16bit mode. It is 

16bit entry

call bios

enter 32-bit or 64-bit mode.

                                                                        Pavel
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