Re: Why we need LDT at all in 2.2 kernels ??

From: Marcus Meissner (mm@jet.caldera.de)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 08:02:54 EST

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In article <65256A79.0038FC3A.00@sandesh.hss.hns.com> you wrote:
> Hi,
> In 2.2 kernel do we really need its own LDT (not default_ldt) for every
> process (no mm sharing) ??

> In what circumstances a process may need its own LDT ??

When using the Windows Emulator WINE and related projects (WordPerfect 2000)
for instance.

Ciao, Marcus
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