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From: Antti Koskipaa <antti DOT koskipaa AT edu DOT stadia DOT fi>
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Subject: Re: FSDB and descriptor tables
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Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 23:10:53 -0800
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> The instructions to write the descriptor tables _are_ privileged.

BS. When has "mov" become privileged? "lgdt" is privileged.
You are mixing the GDT _register_ with the GDT itself. If the
GDT's pages are write-protected, that's a different story.

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- Antti