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Real mode is finally becoming a vestigial feature; some modern EFIs have a tiny assembly stub that immediately enables protected mode; from there EFI, the boot
by xenadu02 10y ago
Real mode is finally becoming a vestigial feature; some modern EFIs have a tiny assembly stub that immediately enables protected mode; from there EFI, the boot loader, and the OS can all be 32/64 protected mode programs.