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		immibis 48 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Loss32: Let's Build a Win32/Linux So now you're talking about the ntdll.dll ABI instead of the kernel ABI. ntdll.dll is not the kernel.

sedatk 48 days ago [–]

NTDLL is NT’s kernel ABI, not syscalls. Nothing on Windows uses syscalls to call the kernel.

NTDLL isn’t some higher level library. It’s just a series of entry points into NT kernel.

dcrazy 48 days ago | [–]

Yes, the fact that functions in NTDLL issue a syscall instruction is a platform-specific implementation detail.

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