Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance

dada1 (dada1@cosmosbay.com)
Wed, 18 Dec 2002 15:51:04 +0100


From: "Horst von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
> > How are system calls a new feature? Or is optimizing an existing
> > feature not allowed by your definition of "feature freeze"?
>
> This "optimizing" is very much userspace-visible, and a radical change in
> an interface this fundamental counts as a new feature in my book.

Since int 0x80 is supported/ will be supported for the next 20 years, I dont
think this is a radical change.
No userspace visible at all.
You are free to use the old way of calling the kernel...

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