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    SubjectRe: Various x86 syscall mechanisms
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    "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:

    > 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.

    -Andi


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