Messages in this thread | | | From | Andrew Mileski <> | Subject | Manipulating the LDT or GDT | Date | Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:14:34 -0500 (EST) |
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Could someone nicely explain to me how to properly allocate descriptors. I noticed <asm/system.h> has some macros for manipulating them, but nothing for managing them - unless they are ALL hardcoded?
Also, should I allocate from the LDT or GDT? As these descriptors will be used *very* early in boot-up, I would think the GDT would be a good choice. Also, the descriptors would be used system wide, and persist forever.
-- Andrew E. Mileski -- -------------------------------------------------------------- mailto:dmtech@magi.com http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ "The best programmers are lazy", so I'm told. I haven't gotten around to seeing if it is true or not though.
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