In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 11/06/2007
at 02:12 PM, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>However I don't understand the reason why any bit in any 24-bit address
>could mess someting in 64-bit addressing mode.
What you don't understand is that typically a 24-bit address is not used
by just 24-bit code. Once the AMODE 24 code passes an address to code in
AMODE 64, there are new issues.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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