David Gerard wrote:
> 2008/12/9 Adam Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> 1) vm86 mode is an x86ism. It doesn't work in long mode, and almost
>> certainly never will. 64-bit desktops are an increasingly large
>> percentage of the world. It's worth having only one set of bugs, for
>> the same reason we don't ship cfb anymore.
>
>
> Quick off-topic historical question - what is/was cfb?
The precursor to fb (along with mfb).
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