Re: Blocking process

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:07:03 +0100, Renaud Lienhart
<renaud.lienhart@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gaurav wrote:
> > [...]
> > instruction, which actually switches the CPU mode from
> > user to kernel mode (ring0 to ring3), at this time the
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Well actually ring3 is the user mode, and ring0 is the kernel
> mode. So you should have read "ring3 to ring0" :)
> 
> --
> Renaud Lienhart

sorry, my mistake,  yes ring3 is user mode and ring0 is kernel mode.

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