Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:45:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:45:19 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:37892 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:45:13 -0500 Subject: Re: PnP BIOS driver status To: bgerst@didntduck.org (Brian Gerst) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 02:00:22 +0000 (GMT) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), jdthood@mail.com (Thomas Hood), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3C896773.15325802@didntduck.org> from "Brian Gerst" at Mar 08, 2002 08:37:55 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > The GDT descriptors are private to the PNP BIOS and constant values once > > set up. No PnPBIOS call is made before the configuration is done. > > > > Seems ok to me - or am I missing something ? > > Two user processes calling functions through /proc... The GDT descriptors are set up before /proc comes into being. I'm checking 2.4 code here - has someone left old stuff in 2.5 ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/