On 06/05/2014 08:02 AM, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> I'm sorry, I'm missing the place where 64-bit mode is taken into account?
> It is not, since on 32-bit mode the high-order 16 bits of a register 
> destination are undefined. 
> If I recall correctly, in this case the high-order 16-bits on native
system actually reflect the high-order 16-bits of CR0.

This sounds like something that really should be verified
experimentally.  The above claim seems... odd.

        -hpa


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