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		tmm on July 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the CrowdStrike bug hit banks hard > Maybe we use some of those extra protection rings? Maybe not. Intel is considering removing rings 1 and 2 for a future 64-bit only x86 architecture, because they "are unused by modern software". https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...

bluGill on July 31, 2024 [–]

I don't think those extra rings would be useful for what is needed anyway.

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