Return-Path: Received: from tele-post-20.mail.demon.net (tele-post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.20]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D6B482A for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:11:19 -0600 (MDT) Received: from inane.demon.co.uk ([193.237.110.216] helo=acheron) by tele-post-20.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15dl4w-000BOl-0K for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 04:11:18 +0000 Message-ID: <001401c1342e$66f29b40$1500000a@lan> From: "Admin" To: Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 05:10:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0011_01C13436.C31E3660" Subject: [parisc-linux] system calls List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C13436.C31E3660 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How does PA-RISC trap to the OS during syscalls. x86 uses trapgates and long-jumps, sparc uses traps and MIPs uses jumps. I'm wondering what the set of instructions are to initiate a system = call. -inane ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C13436.C31E3660 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

How does PA-RISC trap to the OS during=20 syscalls.

x86 uses trapgates and long-jumps, = sparc uses traps=20 and MIPs uses jumps.

I'm wondering what the set of = instructions are to=20 initiate a system call.

-inane

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