Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:05:56 -0800 (PST)


On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Jeff Dike wrote:
>
> torvalds@transmeta.com said:
> > That also allows the kernel to move around the SYSINFO page at will,
> > and even makes it possible to avoid it altogether (ie this will solve
> > the inevitable problems with UML - UML just wouldn't set AT_SYSINFO,
> > so user level just wouldn't even _try_ to use it).
>
> Why shouldn't I just set it to where UML provides its own SYSINFO page?

Sure, that works fine too.

Linus

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