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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: LDT entries - Proposed change
From:       Mark Newton <newton () atdot ! dotat ! org>
Date:       1998-12-29 7:59:24
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Warner Losh wrote:

 > In message <199812260352.OAA01444@atdot.dotat.org> Mark Newton writes:
 > : I'd like to make some low-level changes over the next couple of days
 > : to support the svr4 emulator which I'll be committing after new-year.
 > 
 > Make sure that this change doens't break WINE, which is about the only
 > user land program that uses LDTs.  I think it starts at 17, but am not
 > positive.

Understood;  I was wondering about that.

The only effect of the change will be to "reserve" LDT entry 5, so if
WINE starts as high as 17 it shouldn't break anything.

    - mark

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