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## Chapter 6: GDT

Thanks to GRUB, your kernel is no longer in real-mode, but already in [protected mode](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_mode), this mode allows us to use all the possibilities of the microprocessor such as virtual memory management, paging and safe multi-tasking.
Thanks to GRUB, your kernel is no longer in real-mode, but already in [protected mode](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_mode). This mode allows us to use all the possibilities of the microprocessor such as virtual memory management, paging and safe multi-tasking.

#### What is the GDT?

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#### How to load our GDT?

GRUB initializes a GDT but this GDT is does not correspond to our kernel.
GRUB initializes a GDT but this GDT does not correspond to our kernel.
The GDT is loaded using the LGDT assembly instruction. It expects the location of a GDT description structure:

![GDTR](./gdtr.png)
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#define GDTBASE 0x00000800
```

The function **init_gdt_desc** in [x86.cc](https://github.com/SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System/blob/master/src/kernel/arch/x86/x86.cc) initialize a gdt segment descriptor.
The function **init_gdt_desc** in [x86.cc](https://github.com/SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System/blob/master/src/kernel/arch/x86/x86.cc) initializes a gdt segment descriptor.

```cpp
void init_gdt_desc(u32 base, u32 limite, u8 acces, u8 other, struct gdtdesc *desc)
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}
```

And the function **init_gdt** initialize the GDT, some parts of the below function will be explained later and are used for multitasking.
And the function **init_gdt** initializes the GDT, some parts of the below function will be explained later and are used for multitasking.

```cpp
void init_gdt(void)
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