Re: [PATCH] access gdtdesc on segment 0 unconditionally (Re: [PATCH] i386-qemu port)

[Pavel Roskin]

On Mon, 2009-06-22 at 11:52 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: 
> > Since %cs is pointing to the code, it should be possible to point it to
> > gdtdesc.  They should be nearby.
> 
> It is nearby, but the address reference for `gdtdesc' is absolute, NOT
> relative to %cs.  Of course, when %cs is 0 that's no problem.  But in my
> case I can't set %cs to 0 because my code is above 0x10000.

I think we can remove ADDR32 from the command.  I tried that on i386-pc
and it works in qemu and on real hardware.  I don't see any need to use
a 32-bit address in the lgdt command.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin