Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:48:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru> Cc: threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Implementing TLS: step 1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306201047430.57806-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0306201456430.25447-100000@is>
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Igor Sysoev wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > Julian Elischer wrote: > > > The big cost is that a processin x86 can only have a limited number of > > > segments set up in teh Local descriptor table (LDT). > > > I forget the actual number but i vaguely remember that it is 16383 or > > > 8191 or something. > > > > 65536, but it includes the recursive mapping and the call trap, etc., > > so it's reall 65531. > > LDT can have 8192 descriptors. > GDT can have 8191 usefull descriptors. The first descriptor is null one. > yes, that's what I remembered.. thanks > > Igor Sysoev > http://sysoev.ru/en/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-threads@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-threads > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-threads-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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