const KERNEL_CODE_SELECTOR: SegmentSelector;Expand description
Kernel code segment selector for IDT entries.
At IDT init time the kernel runs under the UEFI firmware’s GDT (CS=0x38),
but we intentionally use the kernel’s selector (0x08) so that once
gdt::init() loads the real GDT the IDT entries are immediately valid.
Before gdt::init(), any exception will triple-fault because CS=0x08
references a non-existent descriptor in the UEFI GDT. That is acceptable:
there should be no exceptions before the kernel GDT is live (the only
known early #UD from init_serial / uart_16550 is already disabled).