Hi, Probably the below link may help you understand things better ! http://whatisthekernel.blogspot.com/2005/01/memory-management-in-linux-kernel.html Cheers ! --- Andre Luiz da Silva <andrack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Friends!!! > > I have one question about Linux and Segments (Paging > too...) > > I read in the KernelAnalysis-HOWTO, that Linux uses > only four > segments, that are: Kernel Code, Kernel Data/Stack, > User Code > and User Data/Stack, sure? > > Well... in the other book (Linux Core Comentary) I > read that each > process have one LDT. > > My newbie question is: "How can each process alocate > one LDT, if > the Linux uses only 4 segments?" > > Sure for my poor English... I'm Brazilian. > > Thank's for any help! > > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux > kernel. > Archive: > http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
