Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:17:24 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LDT entries - Proposed change Message-ID: <199812290747.SAA03025@atdot.dotat.org> In-Reply-To: <199812290517.WAA22046@harmony.village.org> from "Warner Losh" at Dec 28, 98 10:17:43 pm
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Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <199812260352.OAA01444@atdot.dotat.org> Mark Newton writes:
> : I'd like to make some low-level changes over the next couple of days
> : to support the svr4 emulator which I'll be committing after new-year.
>
> Make sure that this change doens't break WINE, which is about the only
> user land program that uses LDTs. I think it starts at 17, but am not
> positive.
Understood; I was wondering about that.
The only effect of the change will be to "reserve" LDT entry 5, so if
WINE starts as high as 17 it shouldn't break anything.
- mark
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