1VM86(2)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   VM86(2)
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NAME

6       vm86old, vm86 - enter virtual 8086 mode
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/vm86.h>
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11       int vm86old(struct vm86_struct *info);
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13       int vm86(unsigned long fn, struct vm86plus_struct *v86);
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DESCRIPTION

16       The system call vm86() was introduced in Linux 0.97p2.  In Linux 2.1.15
17       and 2.0.28 it was renamed to vm86old(), and a  new  vm86()  was  intro‐
18       duced.   The  definition of struct vm86_struct was changed in 1.1.8 and
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21       These calls cause the process to enter VM86 mode (virtual-8086 in Intel
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24       VM86 mode is an emulation of real mode within a protected mode task.
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RETURN VALUE

27       On  success,  zero is returned.  On error, -1 is returned, and errno is
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ERRORS

31       EFAULT This return value is specific to i386 and  indicates  a  problem
32              with getting user-space data.
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34       ENOSYS This  return  value indicates the call is not implemented on the
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37       EPERM  Saved kernel stack exists.  (This is a kernel sanity check;  the
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CONFORMING TO

41       This  call  is specific to Linux on 32-bit Intel processors, and should
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COLOPHON

45       This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
46       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
47       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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