16-bit code and L4

[Adam Lackorzynski]

On Thu Jun 21, 2007 at 03:55:24 +1300, Valery V. Sedletski wrote:
> >>> 2) Must all the segment registers be CS == DS == ES == FS == GS == SS == FLAT in L4 usermode 
> >programs (in Intel 
> >>> architecture implementation)? Or, there exist a possibility to use segments other than FLAT?
> >>>   
> >>Fiasco preserves some of these segments (e.g., GS to support thread 
> >>local storage). However, unless OS/2 makes use of these segments in 
> >>32-bit mode there is no need to change these from a flat setting.
> >
> >It seems, that OS/2 does not use GS (GS seems to be always == 0), at least, in application programs.
> >
> 
> But also FS is used to address a structure named Thread Info Block
> (TIB), it is also not flat (it has a limit=0x30) So, FS is used by
> OS/2 and programs depend on it. GS seems to be not used, and ES and DS
> are generally flat.

Fiasco makes some GDT slots available to userland so that FS and GS can
be used with those.



Adam
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