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kiranshadow 05-08-2008 09:58 PM

How to write a character device driver to read the processor's GDT
 
I wanna knw how user permissions are granted to the normal user to read the processor's GDT, the administrator will have complete access, but a normal user will not have the privileges, so trying to look into the same. Please lemme know the methods that needs to be implemented

Kiran

stevexyz 05-10-2008 11:28 AM

If you want a device driver then have a look at cpuid code in /usr/src/linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c

Cheers, Steve


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