Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | | Subject | Re: SYSENTER based syscalls patch, 2.1.105, RFC | | Date | 17 Jun 1998 15:59:00 GMT |
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Followup to: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980617114407.27200V-100000@gra-ux1.iram.es> By author: Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Where was SYSENTER/SYSEXIT documented, by the way? Is it in > > Intel's PII operating system writer's guide? > > Not AFAIK, if you want to investigate, a good starting point is: > > <http://www.sandpile.org/80x86/appendix.shtml> > > (hint: follow the links to the AMD version called SYSCALL/SYSRET). > > Gabriel >
There is a Celeron addendum to the Intel Architecture Software Development Manual -- Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference which documents these... you can find it as a PDF on Intel's web site. I'm afraid I don't have the document # handy.
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