[Info-vax] x86S Specification

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at nz.invalid
Thu Oct 17 19:04:05 EDT 2024


Just saw a mention of a proposal from Intel to produce a simplified 
variant of the AMD64/x86-64 architecture, leaving out a whole bunch of 
legacy stuff that doesn’t get much use these days.

One of the things proposed for removal is the Ring 1 and Ring 2 privilege 
modes.

Does OpenVMS on AMD64 make use of these modes?


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