Linus Torvalds on how AMD and Intel are changing how processor interrupts are handled

AMD was the first to come out with its proposed changes in February 2021: AMD Supervisor Entry Extensions. Intel followed in March with its flexible return and event delivery (FRED) design. What sparked Torvald's interest was when someone on the Real World Technologies deep technology conversation forum introduced the topic with the note: "x86 - why unite when you can fragment?" Torvalds, however,

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“"the right thing to do. It really relegates the whole IDT to a 'we don't even use this at all, unless you have legacy segment selectors.' Good riddance to a truly horrid thing that goes back to a truly disgusting CPU architecture: The 80286." ”

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「pun intended」一瞬考えてしまった