This might answer my question here, but it's unclear if the same performance hit happens if the CPU is in Real Mode: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40700

This might answer my question here, but it's unclear if the same performance hit happens if the CPU is in Real Mode: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40700257 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40700257