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Subject: Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!
To: jmerkey@timpanogas.org (Jeff V. Merkey)
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> One more optimization it has.  NetWare never "calls" functions in the
> kernel.  There's a template of register assignments in between kernel
> modules that's very strict (esi contains a WTD head, edi has the target
> thread, etc.) and all function calls are jumps in a linear space. 

What if I jump to an invalid address - does it crash ?
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