Re: GDT initialization and location question.

From: Chris Wright (chrisw_at_osdl.org)
Date: 08/31/05

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    * Pritesh Shah (pritesh.myphotos@gmail.com) wrote:
    > I was wondering as to where is the GDT initialized during the boot
    > sequence? I will need the filename and the name of the routine that
    > does this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Search for cpu_gdt_table (one is literal, the other is per_cpu). You
    should be able to work it out from there.
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