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diff --git a/src/kernel/task/idt.h b/src/kernel/task/idt.h index b12d6c5..1ac03e2 100644 --- a/src/kernel/task/idt.h +++ b/src/kernel/task/idt.h @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ #ifndef DEF_IDT_H #define DEF_IDT_H +/* The IDT is the system descriptor table that tells the CPU what to do when an interrupt fires. + There are three categories of interrupts : + - Exceptions ; ex: page fault, divide by 0 + - IRQ : interrupts caused by hardware + - System calls : when an applications asks the system to do something */ + #include <types.h> struct idt_entry { |