From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:41:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:41:19 -0500 Received: from elin.scali.no ([62.70.89.10]:26886 "EHLO elin.scali.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 09:41:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [Q] was the SYSENTER/SYSCALL fast system calls completed or discared in the end?? From: Terje Eggestad To: Pavel Machek Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20011121225402.A175@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <1006184327.19902.2.camel@pc-16.office.scali.no> <20011121225402.A175@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.99.0 (Preview Release) Date: 22 Nov 2001 15:41:09 +0100 Message-Id: <1006440069.22598.4.camel@pc-16.office.scali.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ons, 2001-11-21 kl. 22:54 skrev Pavel Machek: > > On Mon 19-11-01 16:38:45, Terje Eggestad wrote: > > subject says it all.... > > > > I remember there was a discussion and a patch floating around that > > implemented SYSCALL/SYSRET, just want to know what happened to it.... > > discarded Because there was no perf benefit or because the patch was in poor quality? > > -- > -- _________________________________________________________________________ Terje Eggestad terje.eggestad@scali.no Scali Scalable Linux Systems http://www.scali.com Olaf Helsets Vei 6 tel: +47 22 62 89 61 (OFFICE) P.O.Box 70 Bogerud +47 975 31 574 (MOBILE) N-0621 Oslo fax: +47 22 62 89 51 NORWAY _________________________________________________________________________