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From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com>
Subject: Re: difference between PGT_gdt_page and
	PGT_ldt_page
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:22:18 +0100
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>If default_ldt can be replaced by empty_zero_page, why do we need a 
>default LDT at all?

That would be one of the implied questions. I assume this is done to minimize the delta to native code, which
needlessly has this, too.

Jan