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SubjectRe: Various x86 syscall mechanisms
Andi Kleen wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
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>> There is no reason we couldn't do syscall for 32-bit native, but the
>> only processor that would benefit would be K7, and that's far enough
>
> K6 actually. K7 has sysenter AFAIK. The K6 syscall was also slightly different
> and would need special case code.

Sorry, yes, K6. Even more historic.

-hpa


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