Messages in this thread | | | From | "dada1" <> | Subject | Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance | Date | Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:51:04 +0100 |
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From: "Horst von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> > > How are system calls a new feature? Or is optimizing an existing > > feature not allowed by your definition of "feature freeze"? > > This "optimizing" is very much userspace-visible, and a radical change in > an interface this fundamental counts as a new feature in my book.
Since int 0x80 is supported/ will be supported for the next 20 years, I dont think this is a radical change. No userspace visible at all. You are free to use the old way of calling the kernel...
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