Segmentation
Specification of x86 segmentation.
This includes the translation of effective addresses to linear
addresses and functions to read and write memory via effective
addresses.
Subtopics
- Ea-to-la
- Translate an effective address to a canonical linear address.
- Segment-base-and-bounds
- Return a segment's base linear address, lower bound, and upper bound.
- Ia32e-segmentation
- Specification of Segmentation in 64-bit Mode
- Eas-to-las
- Translate a sequence of contiguous effective addresses
to linear addresses.
- Ia32-segmentation
- Specification of Segmentation in 32-bit Mode