From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 28 09:03:20 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA11435 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:03:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA11430 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:03:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id JAA11465; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:04:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199901281704.JAA11465@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: LDT changes to support SysVR4 emulator In-Reply-To: <199901281132.WAA00464@atdot.dotat.org> from Mark Newton at "Jan 28, 1999 10: 2: 1 pm" To: newton@atdot.dotat.org (Mark Newton) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:04:32 -0800 (PST) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Newton wrote: > Ok, people, heads up -- I'm about to commit a patch to /sys/i386 > which changes the way FreeBSD uses the x86 LDT. Specifically, > I'm moving LUDATA_SEL from LDT entry 4 to 5 (Why 5? Why not?) > and re-using entry 4 as a call gate for SysV system calls made > by library stubs from Solaris 2.6 and higher. > Have you tested how this might affect wine? -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message