Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 12:06:19 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: brians@mandor.dev.com (Brian Smith) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, dglo@SSEC.WISC.EDU, chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu, hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Willows Message-ID: <199602020136.MAA25688@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199602011702.JAA24365@mandor.dev.com> from "Brian Smith" at Feb 1, 96 09:02:15 am
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Brian Smith stands accused of saying: > > > >User-LDT access is already available; we have dlopen & friends, anyone > >care to comment about what happens when a process generates an interrupt? > > The User-LDT even in current is broken in a couple of ways. It was imported > from NetBSD a while back, so I just ftp'ed NetBSD kernel src last night to > determine what needs to be changed. Your first problem will be that it > doesn't allocate enough space for the full 8192 possible LDT entries. > > I'll email a partial patch to those who need more than 512 LDT entries > right now, but, there are still some problems with my current patch, such > as leaking memory at process exit. Definitely. You're nominated as the LDT expert for the Willows port. Congratulations! 8) > Brian -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "wherever you go, there you are" - Buckaroo Banzai [[
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