Answer by Peter Cordes for How is the global descriptor table copied in MINIX...
This is weird asm syntax. It's using () for memory operands like AT&T syntax, but it only makes sense if it's destination on the left like Intel syntax. (It's also using AT&T-style mnemonic...
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This code in MINIX 3 copies boot monitor's (bootstrap) GDT to the Kernel space and switches over it. But I'm having a hard time understanding the code. In the code, _gdt is the address of an array of...
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