Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>
> Maybe it really does require the far jump immediately after setting PE
> in cr0...
>
> Hm, I don't remember this paragraph being in vol 3a, section 8.9.1
> before.  Is it a recent addition?
>
>    Random failures can occur if other instructions exist between steps
>    3 and 4 above.  Failures will be readily seen in some situations,
>    such as when instructions that reference memory are inserted between
>    steps 3 and 4 while in system management mode.
>

I don't remember that, either.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>