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   Branimir Maksimovic to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: microsoft vs linux   
   01 Jul 21 08:54:11   
   
   From: branimir.maksimovic@gmail.com   
      
   On 2021-07-01, muta...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 9:08:13 AM UTC+10, Frank Kotler wrote:   
   >   
   >> (to Paul)   
   >> "syscall" is an instruction... just like "int"...   
   >   
   > Ok, thanks. Which means the caller needs to be privileged   
   > enough to set up some table, right?   
   Nope, no privileges needed.   
      
   >   
   > Something Win32 executables don't need to be able to do.   
   >   
   > Does the Linux 80386 parameter after envp require the   
   > caller to have ensured special tables be set up?   
      
   no.   
   >   
   > Thanks. Paul.   
      
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