Re: [discuss] Re: [Bug 350] New: i386 context switch very slow compared to 2.4 due to wrmsr (performance)

Robert Dewar (dewar@gnat.com)
Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:03:36 -0500 (EST)


> > The only way to get from long-mode back to legacy-mode is to reset the
> > processor. It can be done in software but you will likely lose interrupts.
>
> Smartdrv.sys and triple-faults come back, all is forgiven! ;)

I have an idea, perhaps we can make the keyboard controller recognize a special
command that will reset the processor :-) :-)
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