Re: Segment override and lldt instruction
"A D" <[email protected]>
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>>Frank Kotler wrote: >>In "Linux assembly", there is no reason you'd *want* to use a segment >>override, or alter a segment register. > >Hendrik Visage wrote: >Not while your program and/or data space fits in 4GB of memory space ;) So please correct my understanding if i'm wrong: it is not possible or necessary to override segment register in protected mode but one can do the same thing in real mode. right? So if answer is yes, and if more than 4GB of memory space is needed for a program how will segmentation register go beyond 4gig without override? _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-assembly" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html