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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@analogic.com>
Cc: Jun Sun <jsun@junsun.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: failed 'ljmp' in linear addressing mode
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:17:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <456F0432.8010203@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0611280806280.7116@chaos.analogic.com>

linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:
> Get a copy of the Intel 486 Microprocessor Reference Manual or read it on-
> line. There is no way that you can make a call like that. You would need to
> call through a task-gate or otherwise set the code-segment and the instruction 
> pointer at the same instant. First, look at the startup code for a GDT entry 

Setting the code segment and instruction pointer at the same time is 
exactly what the long jump does.

OP:  What is at the linear address 0x10000000?



  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-11-30 16:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-11-22 23:41 failed 'ljmp' in linear addressing mode Jun Sun
2006-11-27 13:58 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-11-27 23:16   ` Jun Sun
2006-11-28 13:46     ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-11-28 19:45       ` Jun Sun
2006-11-28 23:49         ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-11-29  1:40           ` Jun Sun
2006-11-30  4:53             ` Jun Sun
2006-11-30 16:17       ` Phillip Susi [this message]
2006-12-01 22:20 ` Jun Sun

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