[bytefire]

hi userbinator :) isn't the purpose of virtual 8086 mode somewhat different? i.e. to run real mode applications while the cpu is in protected mode? or did you mean that virtual 8086 could be generalised into a wider virtualisation system?

[userbinator]

or did you mean at virtual 8086 could be generalised into a wider virtualisation system?

Yes, if you look at the way V86 is implemented, it wouldn't be too hard to extend it to full virtualisation --- something like a "VMX mode task" would've been ideal.

[bytefire]

i see, makes sense. may be a different team from V86 worked on it? Conways law :)