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From: Martin Wilck <Martin.Wilck@fujitsu-siemens.com>
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Subject: Re: ioperm() / iopl() irritation
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Peter H. Anvin wrote:

> Because you have misunderstood how IOPL works.

Found that meanwhile, too. However I have two different text books
(one of them O'Reilly's "Understanding the Linux Kernel") that describe
the mechanism very clearly as I had (wrongly) understood it before.

Thanks for clearing this up, anyway.

Martin

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