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Subject: a segment selector is a index in gdt or offset in bytes from gdt base address?
From: John Smith <horserivers@gmail.com>
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hi,

  as a  instruction  here:   ljmp *address ,  the  address  gives  a
segment  selector  which is used to address the  segment descriptor,

  if  the selector is x , the descriptor is  gdt+x or  *(&gdt+x) ?


thanks!