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x86_64 tables: TSS, GDT, IDT

Authors: MarioS271

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gdt ๐Ÿ”’
Global Descriptor Table (GDT): owns the kernel segment descriptors and the TSS selector, and loads them into the CPU.
idt ๐Ÿ”’
Helper for building the IDT
tss ๐Ÿ”’
Task State Segment (TSS): owns the Interrupt Stack Table and its dedicated stacks for exceptions that need a known-good stack.