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

[Scott Dorsey]

John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>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. 

I'm not necessarily glad to hear it because I like the idea of keeping
device drivers in a different ring than user processes or kernel....
--scott
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