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Date:      Mon, 21 Jun 1999 07:30:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/5244
Message-ID:  <199906211430.HAA69800@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/5244; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/5244
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:29:41 -0400

 [forwarded to gnats]
 
 Subject-was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s machdep.c trap.c src/sys/i386/include segments.h
 
 On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 03:43:52PM -0400, Bruce Evans wrote:
 > >>   Log:
 > >>   Changed the global `idt' from an array to a pointer so that npx.c
 > >>   automatically hacks on the active copy of the IDT if f00f_hack()
 > >
 > >Does this close kern/5244?
 > 
 > Perhaps accidentally.  I didn't know about PR5244.  I think the previous
 > change of moving f00f_hack() early accidentally ensures that f00f_hack()
 > is run before init_secondary().  This leaves the evil global/local r_idt,
 > which can probably be fixed simply by removing the local definitions
 > of it.
 > 
 > Bruce
 
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