Re: [PATCH 8/14] i386 / Add a per cpu gdt accessor

* Zwane Mwaikambo ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 [email protected] wrote:
> 
> > Add an accessor function for getting the per-CPU gdt.  Callee must already
> > have the CPU.
> 
> This one seems superfluous to me, does accessing it indirectly generate 
> better code too?

It's prepratory for other work.

thanks,
-chris
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