Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance

Linus Torvalds
2002-12-17T18:57:28Z

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