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From: "Aniruddha Bohra" <bohra@cs.rutgers.edu>
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Hello,
 Reading through the ARM docs, I understand there are 7 operating modes
user, svc, irq, firq, und, abt, sys

Out of these, what is the sys mode used for? 
Is it similar to Ring 1 in x86, that is :
Privileged but not used? 

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Aniruddha