On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 11:18:56PM +0200, Attilio Rao wrote: > 2006/7/23, Divacky Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >hi, > > > >I need to get content of %esi register as it was during a syscall. Should > >I get > >this info from td->td_pcb->pcb_esi or td->td_frame->tf_esi? > > > >Is it so that trapframe is "content of registers when entering a kernel" > >and > >pcb is "when leaving a kernel" ? > > > >thnx for info > > pcb and trapframe are used for very different purposes. > > The trapframe is built into the exception handler and it is used as > 'registers gate' from userspace/kernelspace. > > The pcb (process control block) is used to handle registers saving > during a context switch, so it seems completely ortogonal to your > problem. > > BTW, it's unclear to me what do you need...
mov $123, %esi int $0x80 ; syscall I need the value of %esi (ie. 123) is td->td_frame->tf_esi what I need? thnx roman _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
