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What kind of mode uses your OS?
Real mode 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Unreal mode 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Virtual 8086 mode 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Protected mode 81%  81%  [ 42 ]
Long mode 13%  13%  [ 7 ]
Other OS mode 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
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(the question is in the poll)

My OS uses real mode with big 4GB protected-mode-segment memory access (also 640K is for code for OS or ANY apps! :cry:).

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Current kernel is a 32-bit protected mode one, but I'm planning on updating to long mode (i.e. 64-bit) before it's finished, as I expect virtual address usage to be high enough that it will be necessary for any serious application.
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A vote for pmode here. I would like to go to long mode in the future and as my kernel is in its' infancy, now would seem a good time - I just have some work to do on the existing code base first! (oh - and I don't (yet) have a 64-bit processor to try it with.. :roll:

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I voted pmode, but I am hoping for my os to eventually go into the top secret mode: Qmode. Which, I am sorry to say, was not on the list.

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Such a shame that phpbb polls dont support multiple answers. And apart from that i dont see anything related to non-x86 platforms so i think this poll is relatively poor.

Voted protected mode as that target is best supported by my kernel right now. I have an abandoned realmode kernel, and longmode and wide mode are currently on some corner of the design table.

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I'm heading for long mode only, although ATM there's not much to show yet. In the future I'm planning to go for PPC as well, and maybe do a backport to x86 real mode.
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protected mode.. but unreal mode has been catching my eye

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Should have another option: Protected mode and long mode.

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JoeKayzA wrote:
I'm heading for long mode only, although ATM there's not much to show yet. In the future I'm planning to go for PPC as well, and maybe do a backport to x86 real mode.


That doesn't seem logical.. Long Mode 64bit.. Then "backport" to 16bit real mode?

I think you might of meant - x86 32bit protected mode.. (Right? :?)

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Brynet-Inc wrote:
That doesn't seem logical.. Long Mode 64bit.. Then "backport" to 16bit real mode?

I think you might of meant - x86 32bit protected mode.. (Right? :?)


I meant protected mode, you are right. :oops: Sorry, my fault!
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JoeKayzA wrote:
Brynet-Inc wrote:
That doesn't seem logical.. Long Mode 64bit.. Then "backport" to 16bit real mode?

I think you might of meant - x86 32bit protected mode.. (Right? :?)


I meant protected mode, you are right. :oops: Sorry, my fault!


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