__lidt

Microsoft Specific

This topic is new for Visual Studio 2005 SP1.

Loads the interrupt descriptor table register (IDTR) with the value in the specified memory location.

void __lidt(
     void *Source);

Parameters

Requirements

Header file <intrin.h>

Remarks

The __lidt function is equivalent to the LIDT machine instruction, and is available only in kernel mode. For more information, search for the document, "Intel Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 2: Instruction Set Reference," at the Intel Corporation site.

See Also

Concepts

Compiler Intrinsics

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