Re: Various x86 syscall mechanisms

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> 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.

Sorry, yes, K6.  Even more historic.

	-hpa
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