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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] shorten the x86_64 boot setup GDT to what the co

To: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] shorten the x86_64 boot setup GDT to what the comment says
From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 14:33:08 +0100
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> Maybe you should consider 16-byte aligning the gdt table too, like
> i386 does? It doesn't hurt, and as per the comment in the i386-file
> "16 byte aligment is recommended by intel."

It already is.

-Andi


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