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Re: i386/x86_64 segment register issuses
- From: rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca (Ross Ridge)
- To: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Cc: Ross Ridge <rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca>,binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:27:59 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: i386/x86_64 segment register issuses
> The higher bits are guaranteed to be zero for x86_64 and Pentium Pro
> or above.
No, Intel has made no such guarantee for future processors, nor are they
guaranteed to be zero for other existing processors.
Ross Ridge
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