Re: ioperm() / iopl() irritation

Martin Wilck (Martin.Wilck@fujitsu-siemens.com)
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:45:26 +0100 (CET)

Peter H. Anvin wrote:

> Because you have misunderstood how IOPL works.

Found that meanwhile, too. However I have two different text books
(one of them O'Reilly's "Understanding the Linux Kernel") that describe
the mechanism very clearly as I had (wrongly) understood it before.

Thanks for clearing this up, anyway.

Martin

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