Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:02:30 -0400 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: improve double fault handling |
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Jan Beulich wrote: > >> Firstly, 64-bit does not use a task gate for double faults anymore. (but >> uses a separate IST stack for double faults) > > Sure - because there are no task gates on 64-bit. >
What we're doing here is really using task gates to emulate IST anyway.
-hpa
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