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to: MORTEN PERRIARD
from: PETER LOUWEN
date: 1997-04-18 21:21:00
subject: Re: FS and GS registers

 -=> Quoting Morten Perriard to Peter Louwen <=-
 MP> Do you know if FS and GS have any purpose in protected mode,
Segment registers. What they point to, is up to you.
 MP> or could I freely manipulate them as two extra 16bit registers??
Since they are segment registers, they should contain something valid,
or you will encounter a GPF (General Protection Fault).
Peter
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