Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:36:16 +0100 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: Question about set_intr_gate_ist() |
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On 21-01-08 07:23, jidong xiao wrote:
> I know there is set_intr_gate(n,addr) which is used to insert an > interrupt gate in the n th IDT entry. But I don't know what the usage > of set_intr_gate_ist()?
The same, while setting the "Interrupt STack" field of the descriptor to "ist". This field is a 64-bit only field, implementing a hardware stack switch. Look for it in the AMD64 docs.
Rene.
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