i386/x86_64 segment register issuses

Ross Ridge rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Wed Mar 30 15:56:00 GMT 2005


> 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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