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the SMM code would have no reason to disallow the kernel modifying or replacing it Don't forget that SMM code started out in A0000 --- the area of RAM that wou
by userbinator 2mo ago
the SMM code would have no reason to disallow the kernel modifying or replacing it
Don't forget that SMM code started out in A0000 --- the area of RAM that would've otherwise been inaccessible and wasted anyway, because it was usually decoded to the VGA. Also, this was the era of DOS; there was no difference between "kernel" and "application".