From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za (Lucio De Re) Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:27:34 +0200 Subject: [9fans] self modifying code in intel vga bios? In-Reply-To: References: <80ac49ab88c41d7cef9e96285eeb4c1b@gmx.de> Message-ID: <20110308152734.GH4355@fangle.proxima.alt.za> Topicbox-Message-UUID: b8ff6828-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 07:21:50AM -0800, Paul Lalonde wrote: > The last time I poked at one of these self-modifying bits they were really > just jitting a blit loop, in place. Drops register pressure a little bit, > which has always been a bit of an issue in x86 land. > A bankrupt CPU architecture. I guess the day they all do it, it will be decreed "the right way". In the meantime, I guess we can still shop around. ++L