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vm86(2) System Calls Manual vm86(2)
vm86old, vm86 - enter virtual 8086 mode
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
#include <sys/vm86.h> int vm86old(struct vm86_struct *info); int vm86(unsigned long fn, struct vm86plus_struct *v86);
The system call vm86() was introduced in Linux 0.97p2. In Linux 2.1.15 and 2.0.28, it was renamed to vm86old(), and a new vm86() was introduced. The definition of struct vm86_struct was changed in 1.1.8 and 1.1.9. These calls cause the process to enter VM86 mode (virtual-8086 in Intel literature), and are used by dosemu. VM86 mode is an emulation of real mode within a protected mode task.
On success, zero is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
EFAULT This return value is specific to i386 and indicates a problem with getting user-space data. ENOSYS This return value indicates the call is not implemented on the present architecture. EPERM Saved kernel stack exists. (This is a kernel sanity check; the saved stack should exist only within vm86 mode itself.)
Linux on 32-bit Intel processors.
Linux man-pages (unreleased) (date) vm86(2)
Pages that refer to this page: modify_ldt(2), syscalls(2), unimplemented(2), systemd.exec(5)