Re: Reason for %ss==%ds?

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Hi..

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 00:55, nascent mind <nascent.mind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mulyadi,
>
>         Its still in real mode. I agree with the flat address space but why
> not put  %ss at somewhere near 098000?
>
> Thanks.
>

Please don't top post :)

Oh, sorry, I thought it's already in protected mode....

OK, so that's your doubt...about the supposed address. Hummm,
well.....IMHO it's because there is no real "segment" for kernel
stack. So instead treating it differently, it is consider the same as
data segment.

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Mulyadi Santosa
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