Intel IA-32 - Manual (Page 403)

Vol. 3A 9-29
PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT AND INITIALIZATION
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272 ;assume no LDT used in the initial task - if necessary,
273 ;code to move the LDT could be added, and should resemble
274 ;that used to move the TSS
275
276 ; load task register
277 LTR BX ; No task switch, only descriptor loading
278 ; See Figure 9-6
279 ; load minimal set of registers necessary to simulate task
280 ; switch
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283 MOV AX,[EDX].SS_reg ; start loading registers
284 MOV EDI,[EDX].ESP_reg
285 MOV SS,AX
286 MOV ESP,EDI ; stack now valid
287 PUSH DWORD PTR [EDX].EFLAGS_reg
288 PUSH DWORD PTR [EDX].CS_reg
289 PUSH DWORD PTR [EDX].EIP_reg
290 MOV AX,[EDX].DS_reg
291 MOV BX,[EDX].ES_reg
292 MOV DS,AX ; DS and ES no longer linear memory
293 MOV ES,BX
294
295 ; simulate far jump to initial task
296 IRETD
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298 STARTUP_CODE ENDS
*** WARNING #377 IN 298, (PASS 2) SEGMENT CONTAINS PRIVILEGED
INSTRUCTION(S)
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300 END STARTUP, DS:STARTUP_DATA, SS:STARTUP_DATA
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ASSEMBLY COMPLETE, 1 WARNING, NO ERRORS.