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relatively easy question about idt

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 8:34 am
by Ozguxxx
hey, Im trying to get put of first 4 meg, however i get problems with idt, I think. Is there a condition for idt's place in virtual memory? I mean should it be mapped onto itself or etc?

Re:relatively easy question about idt

Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 10:00 am
by Brendan
Hi,
Ozgunh82 wrote: Is there a condition for idt's place in virtual memory? I mean should it be mapped onto itself or etc?
No - the IDT can be anywhere. I wouldn't recomend making the IDT cross page boundaries though, and I'd make sure it has 8 byte alignment (for performance reasons).

Cheers,

Brendan