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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt index bc7226ef5055..4a1c5c2dc5a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/entry_64.txt @@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ http://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20110529191055.GC9835%40elte.hu> The x86 architecture has quite a few different ways to jump into kernel code. Most of these entry points are registered in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c and implemented in arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S -and arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S. +for 64-bit, arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S for 32-bit and finally +arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S which implements the 32-bit compatibility +syscall entry points and thus provides for 32-bit processes the +ability to execute syscalls when running on 64-bit kernels. -The IDT vector assignments are listed in arch/x86/include/irq_vectors.h. +The IDT vector assignments are listed in arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h. Some of these entries are: |