From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@protonmail.com>,
Ashwin Gundarapu <linuxuser509@zohomail.in>
Cc: tglx <tglx@kernel.org>, mingo <mingo@redhat.com>,
bp <bp@alien8.de>, hpa <hpa@zytor.com>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
"dave.hansen" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/vm86: Remove deprecated VM86 support
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 07:06:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d27c5f33-9290-4bf5-b034-d287d6d9af04@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rtpbL3AQas6HqSHctOWwuNiq9eXXn1NYk7He3W1DOPHp5UNz9iBrHKZiD3w8XLMvVz0bLSWjfQBBXzKLY_Mwr1g6KgdP4oG-6s-QJcpebeQ=@protonmail.com>
On 5/28/26 00:49, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> There are still people using this who need that performance boost.
> I am one of those weird ones who still occasionally run real mode
> DOS programs under 32-bit x86 Linux + dosemu + FreeDOS.
I'm really curious what software this is and what kind of performance
boost you see. I'm also curious why modern virtualization hardware
doesn't help either.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-28 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-28 7:49 Jari Ruusu
2026-05-28 8:40 ` Ashwin Gundarapu
2026-05-28 14:06 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2026-05-29 5:20 ` Jari Ruusu
2026-05-29 12:05 ` Brian Gerst
2026-05-29 14:26 ` Dave Hansen
2026-05-30 5:49 ` Jari Ruusu
2026-05-30 6:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-05-30 16:13 ` Brian Gerst
2026-05-31 6:04 ` Jari Ruusu
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-05-27 7:31 Ashwin Gundarapu
2026-05-28 9:44 ` kernel test robot
2026-05-28 9:44 ` kernel test robot
2026-05-30 16:26 ` Brian Gerst
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