On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 09:15:18PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:42:32AM -0800, Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> >
> > - .align L1_CACHE_BYTES
> > + /* zero the remaining page */
> > + .fill PAGE_SIZE / 8 - GDT_ENTRIES,8,0
> > +
> > ENTRY(idt_table)
>
> Why can't the IDT not be shared with the GDT page? It should be mostly
> read only right and putting r-o data on that page should be ok, right?
Yes, you are right. This should not have been a problem.
Some people reported this symbol (cpu_gdt) though. Will have to go back and
check.
Thanks,
Kiran
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