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Date:      Sat, 14 Nov 1998 21:29:04 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
To:        mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith)
Cc:        ru@ucb.crimea.ua, rnordier@nordier.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on i386 memory model
Message-ID:  <199811141929.VAA21677@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811141904.LAA06709@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Nov 14, 98 11:04:28 am"

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Mike Smith wrote:
> No, it doesn't.  You can either upgrade to a newer assembler, or 
> do it the "old" way:
> 
> #define LCALL(x,y)      .byte 0x9a ; .long y; .word x
> 
> Note that on 3.0 systems we use  int 0x80 for kernel entry, as it's 
> faster.

Though int 0x80 is also valid for older releases of FreeBSD,
including 2.2.x.

-- 
Robert Nordier

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