Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: pentium 4MB pages question for you MMU hackers | Date | Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:03:07 -0500 (EST) |
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> Id like to ask a dumb question here, before I say something really > ignorant. > > What is ring0 code? How does it relate to linux/unix?
Ring 0 = supervisor or kernel mode (unrestricted access) Ring 3 = user mode (restricted access)
All unices operate in two modes. The Intel ix86 supports 4 "modes" or "rings", or "levels", so only the two extremes are used.
> What are GGI's?
Why not try a WEB SEARCH next time - The Internet is an amazing thing :-)
GGI = General Graphics Interface
http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi/
> If ring0 is what I think it is, this could make 1997 very long and ugly.
Huh?
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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