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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 1999 09:04:32 -0800 (PST)
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        newton@atdot.dotat.org (Mark Newton)
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LDT changes to support SysVR4 emulator
Message-ID:  <199901281704.JAA11465@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199901281132.WAA00464@atdot.dotat.org> from Mark Newton at "Jan 28, 1999 10: 2: 1 pm"

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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

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