davej@suse.de wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Brian Gerst wrote:
>
> > > features : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow
> >
> > The K6's don't support sysenter/sysexit.
>
> The K6 datasheets suggests otherwise.
> Some models seem to have sysenter/sysexit, whilst others have
> syscall/sysret. No model seems to have both.
Athlons have both. Since the ext-bit 10 stuff is useless, I haven't
bothered reporting it at all.
> The datasheets are somewhat confusing, as it doesn't mention bit 10
> at all, just an oversized box for bit 11.
>
> > It really should have been marked differently before.
>
> Before we weren't mentioning it at all, look..
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mmx 3dnow
>
> > The early K6's used extended bit 10 to indicate syscall/sysret
> > capabality, but this version has some quirks that make it pretty much
> > unusable. Later K6's use extended bit 11 to indicate syscall/sysret.
>
> And where does sysenter/sysexit fit in?
sysenter/sysexit is the "sep" feature.
-hpa
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