From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Andrew Zimmerman" <andrew@zimmerman.net>
To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
Cc: <gdb@sources.redhat.com>
Subject: Re: gdb questions
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:03:00 -0000
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
To: <andrew@zimmerman.net>
Cc: <gdb@sources.redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: gdb questions


> > 2. Does gdb have a way to examine the LDT (local descriptor table)? My
> > application creates some additional selectors for segments that reside
> > within the flat memory space allocated to the application.
> 
> Do you intend to port that code to Linux?  I don't know much about the
> protection scheme employed by Linux, but from what I know, I'd doubt
> very much that it will allow you to futz with the LDT.
> 
What is the purpose of the MODIFY_LDT system call?