From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:03:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:03:03 -0400 Received: from jet.caldera.de ([212.34.180.34]:58884 "EHLO jet.caldera.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:03:01 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:02:54 +0200 Message-Id: <200106281302.f5SD2sO02107@jet.caldera.de> From: Marcus Meissner To: alad@hss.hns.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why we need LDT at all in 2.2 kernels ?? X-Newsgroups: caldera.lists.linux.kernel In-Reply-To: <65256A79.0038FC3A.00@sandesh.hss.hns.com> User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.3-ac14 (i686)) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <65256A79.0038FC3A.00@sandesh.hss.hns.com> you wrote: > Hi, > In 2.2 kernel do we really need its own LDT (not default_ldt) for every > process (no mm sharing) ?? > In what circumstances a process may need its own LDT ?? When using the Windows Emulator WINE and related projects (WordPerfect 2000) for instance. Ciao, Marcus