luxos/Kernel/hal/cpu/gdt-asm.asm

; GLOBAL DESCRIPTOR TABLE
; 
; 

bits 32
; !!!  GDT  !!!
; This will set up our new segment registers. We need to do
; something special in order to set CS. We do what is called a
; far jump. A jump that includes a segment as well as an offset.

global GdtFlush     ; Allows the C code to link to this
extern gp            ; Says that 'gp' is in another file
GdtFlush:
    lgdt [gp]        ; Load the GDT with our 'gp' which is a special pointer
    mov ax, 0x10      ; 0x10 is the offset in the GDT to our data segment
    mov ds, ax
    mov es, ax
    mov fs, ax
    mov gs, ax
    mov ss, ax
    jmp 0x08:flush2   ; 0x08 is the offset to our code segment: Far jump!
flush2:
    ret               ; Returns back to the C code!