Well, SOMEONE's got to write a program to find out the ACTUAL behavior.
I guess I'll do it since no one else has offered....
Kevin Lawton wrote:
>
> Willow Schlanger wrote:
> >
> > Kevin, check http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/Page_asm/Doc386/LAR.HTM as it
> > supports my claims. Windows appears to generate lar with these types,
> > certainly because it is assumed that they are valid types. The documents
> > I originally used are the intel 386 manual in ascii form, obtained from
> > www.x86.org. Am I wrong??
>
> Intel documentation, both from Intel and from others, is riddled with
> inaccuracies, incomplete info, etc. If you look at manuals from
> the whole x86 line, you sometimes see a doc bug fixed, then changed
> again to be incorrect or partially correct.
>
> The only way to know, is to write a test program and hit all
> the x86 processors with it.
>
> -Kevin
>
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