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From: Julian S. <js...@ac...> - 2006-03-20 01:04:16
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> The operating system kernel sets the GDT all by itself, > and provides no means for the user to read its contents. > Linux uses only a couple fixed GDT entries per process > (see USER_CS and USER_DS in linux/include/asm-i386/processor.h) > but the constants can change from time to time [especially > from distro to distro, Win4Lin, etc.] Fine, but how can it be that this Allegro library is using GDT entries in a meaningful way if it doesn't have any way to somehow specify the contents of the GDT entry it is using? I don't understand that. J |