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Re: [Xen-devel] do_set_gdt

That is a nice complete definition. Why don't you paste it into
interface.tex?

                                -Kip

>
> frame_list: An array of up to 16 page frames within which the GDT
> resides. Any frame registered as a GDT frame may only be mapped
> read-only within the guest's address space (e.g., no writeable
> mappings, no use as a page-table page, and so on).
>
> entries: The number of descriptor-entry slots in the GDT. Note that
> the table must be large enough to contain Xen's reserved entries; thus
> we must have 'entries > LAST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY'. Note also that,
> after registering the GDT, slots FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY to
> LAST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY are no longer usable by the guest and may be
> overwritten by Xen.


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