Pages tagged 2_6:

manu's pages - Sysenter Based System Call Mechanism in Linux 2.6
http://manugarg.googlepages.com/systemcallinlinux2_6.html

A low-level article
Replacement for the old INT 0x80, for Pentium II and newer
"Starting with version 2.5, linux kernel introduced a new system call entry mechanism on Pentium II+ processors. Due to performance issues on Pentium IV processors with existing software interrupt method, an alternative system call entry mechanism was implemented using SYSENTER/SYSEXIT instructions available on Pentium II+ processors. This article explores this new mechanism. Discussion is limited to x86 architecture and all source code listings are based on linux kernel 2.6.15.6."
What’s New in Python 2.6 — Python v2.6 documentation
http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html
Official page on 2.6 on python.org. Lots of Python 3 compatibility features/
2.5->2.6.2
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