Re: divide-by-zero trap handler

[mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx>]

BUT THE EXCEPTION HANDLER CODE ( SOFTWARE PART) OF A  TRAP IS THE SYSTEM CALL. 
SO......................??

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 22:16, mohit verma <mohit89mlnc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi guys,
> i have  read in  a paper that divide-by-zero trap handler is not implemented
> via system calls ( on old solaris systems).
> but if we talk about the interrupt vectors ,as i know that divede-by-zero is
> vectored at first in idt.
> so why this conflict ?

What conflict? syscall is syscall, trap is a trap

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