[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

[Bob Koehler]

In article <jkcjcn$p3r$3 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
> 
> No, they don't.

   Intel, not to mention every other reference I've seen, says they do:

http://www.intel.com/Assets/en_US/PDF/manual/253668.pdf?wapkw=cpu+architecture+mode+ring

   Intel. 64 and IA-32 Architectures
   Software Developer.s Manual
   Volume 3A:
   System Programming Guide, Part 1

   "The processor.s segment-protection mechanism recognizes 4 privilege
    levels, numbered from 0 to 3."