Re: query regarding linux kernel

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Hi

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:26 PM, battipatisainagendra Bhavaniprasad
<sainagendrabhavaniprasad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mr.Mulyadi Santosh,
>                 Thank you your your reply.I could not understand
> point No.2.Can you give me some tutorial on what is CPL...e.t.c.
>
> Please reply.

pls check Intel CPU documentation. For a brief explanation, CPL stands
for Current Privilege Level. It denotes the privilege the processor is
currently operating on. CPL=3 means user mode, while CPL=0 means
kernel mode.

regards,

Mulyadi.

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