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hidden part of segment register

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:57 pm
by Hellboy
Hello every one
I have a little question about the hiden part of segment register that i wish that you help me
How much i should reserve in memory in order to store a segment register the tow part hidden and visible parts using Mov instruction and did Mov store the Hidden part .
Thank you .

Re: hidden part of segment register

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:24 pm
by Combuster
You can't retrieve the hidden part of a segment register using conventional means. You'd need a SMM handler or virtual machine for that. (The virtual machine being the only context where this action actually makes sense)

Re: hidden part of segment register

Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:17 pm
by bewing
To be more specific about Combuster's answer: 2 bytes and no.