Hi, everybody.
I'm doing a bit of research on systems programming, and I came across this unreal or flat real mode, which is set up by switching to protected mode, setting a segment descriptor, and then going back to Real Mode. I guess I can access a full 32-bit address space by using E*I and E*X registers as pointers. My question is not so much about whether it works, but mostly if it's intentionally supported in every CPU, and if its support is ever going to be dropped. Can I write code using it and rest assured that, as long as there is a real mode and a protected mode, my software isn't going to break?
Thanks,
- Daniel
