Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:57:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:57:28 -0500 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:19716 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:57:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:05:56 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Dike cc: Hugh Dickins , Dave Jones , Ingo Molnar , , Subject: Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance In-Reply-To: <200212171839.NAA08357@ccure.karaya.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 706 Lines: 21 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 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/