RE: [Xen-devel] Updating built-in GDT

["Petersson, Mats" <mats.petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ivan Kelly
> Sent: 24 January 2006 12:02
> To: Keir Fraser
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Updating built-in GDT
> 
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 12:04:00PM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> > Nope, it's a u64 machine address.
> 32bit machine here, so i guess that should be u32

It would still need to be > 32 bits, as 32-bit machines may have PAE
enabled -> 36 bits of addressable memory. You wouldn't want your code to
break just because your GDT is above the 4G boundary, would you?

--
Mats
> > 
> > Precisely, it's (MFN << 12) + offset
> ya, thats what i meant :)
> Thanks
> Ivan
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