Re: 2.0.x Cyrix patch on 2.0.30

Mike Jagdis (mike@roan.co.uk)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:04:36 +0100 (GMT/BST)


On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Cameron MacKinnon wrote:

> If you want to be REALLY, WICKEDLY COOL, you could patch in support for
> the K6's new syscall instruction: Fast ring 0/3 switching. Extra points
> if you can make it work without having to recompile libc.

I noticed that in the extended CPUID flags and wondered about it
but I haven't managed to pull the AMD processor reference yet. Mind
you I don't actually *have* an AMD of any description...

Mike

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