gdt.h

Simple Operating Systems （简称SOS）是一个可以运行在X86平台上（包括QEMU

/* Copyright (C) 2004  David Decotigny
   Copyright (C) 1999  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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#ifndef _SOS_GDT_H_
#define _SOS_GDT_H_

/**
 * @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). In SOS/x86, we use a "flat" virtual
 * space, ie the virtual and linear spaces are equivalent.
 *
 * @see Intel x86 doc vol 3, chapter 3
 */

#include <sos/errno.h>

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

#endif /* _SOS_GDT_H_ */