[Info-vax] Intel proposal to simplify x86-64

[John Dallman]

In article <63a25e5a-2001-451b-b8a7-d6d9e74b02f9n at googlegroups.com>,
xyzzy1959 at gmail.com (John Reagan) wrote:

> Other than an impact on the boot loader due to the change in 
> startup mode, it has essentially no impact on OpenVMS
> 
> OpenVMS does not use ring 1 or 2.  The 64-bit mode PTEs don't 
> include support for ring 1 or 2 today, just ring 0 and 3.

Thanks, glad to hear it. 

John