On Wed, 1 Dec 2010 06:38:58 -0500, Micheal Butz wrote:

>So 64 bit mode is like a Dataspace

No, it isn't.

A data space requires that you run in AR mode (or secondary space mode). 
Using 64-bit mode allows you to access memory above 2GB within the same
address space.  It increases the available addresses by a factor of about 8
billion by using 64 address bits rather than 31.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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