On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 15:56 +0530, Leonidas . wrote: > Hi > > For linux on x86 platform, we have 4 level paging i.e. PGD, PUD,PMD > and PTE (according to UTLK) or atleast PGD , PMD and PTE. Now there is > something called global descriptor table (GDT) and local descriptor > table (LDT). What is the relationship between these two things? What > is the relationship between GDT and PGD if any? > Can someone explain these things clearly? Following link should give you enough information about this... http://www.logix.cz/michal/doc/i386/ cheers, sandeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ