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Re: gdb questions
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
To: <andrew@zimmerman.net>
Cc: <gdb@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: gdb questions
> > 2. Does gdb have a way to examine the LDT (local descriptor table)? My
> > application creates some additional selectors for segments that reside
> > within the flat memory space allocated to the application.
>
> Do you intend to port that code to Linux? I don't know much about the
> protection scheme employed by Linux, but from what I know, I'd doubt
> very much that it will allow you to futz with the LDT.
>
What is the purpose of the MODIFY_LDT system call?