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posted by kerravon E-mail, Ligao, Free World North, 08.05.2025, 23:21

> > > For instance, idling with sti and hlt, if it > > > works, > > > > What is the reason this might not work? > > Virtual Machines or Virtual 86 Mode Monitors may either support idling with > HLT, ignore the HLT silently, or even treat it as a fault exception. > Likewise in DPMI Protected Mode, a HLT may not be supported by the DPMI > host. > > On dosemu2's (native mode, no KVM) DPMI host HLT leads to a GPF. This would only be if you are actually in protected mode though, right? I am interested in adding hlt to DOS 4.0 which would be real mode. It should always be a valid instruction, right?

 

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