Hello Samuel, > Michael Kerrisk, le Mon 28 May 2007 00:34:38 +0200, a écrit : > > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > modify_ldt(2) says that it uses modify_ldt_ldt_s structures, but this > > > is wrong: struct user_desc are used (defined in <asm/ldt.h>). > > > > It appears to me that things are not simple here: user_desc nowadays is > > the same structure as modify_ldt_ldt_s used to be in earlier kernel > > versions. > > Ah, the name changed between 2.4 and 2.6 indeed.
Yes, that's what a bit of Googling suggests: http://www.google.com/search?q=modify_ldt_ldt_s%20user_desc&hl=en > The documentation > should probably now say "user_desc" and remind that it was called > "modify_ldt_ldt_s" in 2.4 and earlier. Yes, I will do something like that. Will send you the updated text later. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/, read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
