> Could anyone tell me (with 100% surety) whether any of the
> general purpose registers (EAX,EBX,ECX...EFLAGS...) of an
> i386/486 contain, at any instant of time, a value that is a
> address of a PHYSICAL MEMORY LOCATION.
Yes, I can tell you (with 100% surety) that the only register that ever
holds a physical address (in paged mode) is CR3 (or CR2, I haven't got
the book right here, but it's the page directory base reg).
Nigel Williams: <nigel@brucehall3.anu.edu.au> [Registered Geek :)]
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