Re: Scan-before-execute and I&D TLB technique success!!!

[Drew Northup]

--- Ramon van Handel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Isn't nop often used in branching?
> 
> Huh ?  Nop is the "No Operation" instruction.  x86
> isn't RISC!!!
> 
Oops!! Oh well.
> >just iding until a hardware clock runs out we don't
> >want it to just be sitting there eating up cpu
> cycles
> >that could be used elsewhere--so why not trap "nop"
> >and thus allow the clock cycles to be put to good
> use
> >while redirecting any wait states into a virtual
> >hardware timer inside of the monitor?
> 
> You're confused with HLT, here.
Hmmmmmm, ok.  Back to the manual........

Drew Northup, N1XIM

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