On Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:27:42 +0200 (MEST), Patrick Schaaf <phbof@bof.de>
said:
> Wouldn't it be possible, at least on the x86 platform, to change int 0x80
> from a ring3->1 descriptor to a ring3->3 descriptor going to your fixed
> location page? That should catch all of the legacy userlevel software.
Yes, at the cost of adding an extra soft interrupt latency to every
single normal system call. That's not an ideal solution.
--Stephen
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