Re: binary drivers and development

Mike Galbraith
2005-03-13T07:19:57Z

At 12:01 AM 3/13/2005 -0500, John Richard Moser wrote:
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>You wanna give me a quick run-down on x86 of CPL and Ring levels? It's
>been bugging me. I know they're there and have a basic idea that they
>control what a context can do, don't know what CPL stands for, and
>there's a visible gap in my knowledge. I like to understand everything,
>it makes things easier.

http://appzone.intel.com/literature/index.asp to locate the Intel processor
of your choice, or
http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/index_new.htm#sdm_vol1
for P4.

-Mike