Subject: GDT vs LDT for userland on i386
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/27/2003 16:24:32
Hi,

Could anybody shed light on why NetBSD/i386 uses entries in the LDT
rather than ones in the GDT for userland segments? I'm interested
in implementing a fast system call via sysenter/sysexit these days,
which requires that entries reside in the GDT as the Intel manual
says.

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@NetBSD.org>