Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IRQ vector assignment for system call exception | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:11:11 +0100 |
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On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 18:50 +0530, Gaurav Dhiman wrote: > yes, definetely a historical reason. System libraries need to know > this vector to invoke system call.
nowadays it's also mostly unused; sysenter and friends are used instead and they don't use this entry point.
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