matos/arch/x86/gdt.h

/* Copyright (C) 2004  David Decotigny
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#pragma once

/**
 * @file gdt.h
 *
 * The routines that manage the GDT, the table that maps the virtual
 * addresses (data/instructions, segment-relative), to "linear"
 * addresses (ie paged-memory). Here, we use a "flat" virtual
 * space, ie the virtual and linear spaces are equivalent.
 *
 * @see Intel x86 doc vol 3, chapter 3
 */

/**
 * Configure the virtual space as a direct mapping to the linear
 * address space (ie "flat" virtual space).
 */
int gdtSetup(void);