The interrupt descriptor table (IDT) is a data structure used by the x86 architecture to implement an interrupt vector table. The IDT is used by the processor...
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affected by an interrupt, it looks up the interrupt handler in the interrupt vector table, and transfers control to it. Interrupt descriptor table (x86 Architecture...
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compatibility problems of BIOS and protected mode. DOS interrupt call Interrupt descriptor table Ralf Brown's Interrupt List Not all computers with BIOS are IBM PC...
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accessing descriptor tables such as the Global Descriptor Table (GDT), the Interrupt descriptor table (IDT) and the Local Descriptor Table (LDT). Segment...
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The Global Descriptor Table (GDT) is a core part of Intel's x86 architecture that helps manage how memory is accessed and protected. Introduced with the...
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the table of interrupt descriptors, which normally resides on a single memory page, is instead split over two pages such that the descriptors for the...
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Task state segment (redirect from Interrupt Stack Table)
the Interrupt Stack Table (IST), which also resides in the TSS and contains logical (segment+offset) stack pointers. If an interrupt descriptor table specifies...
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Context switch (section Interrupt handling)
JMP instruction targeted at a TSS descriptor in the global descriptor table. It can occur implicitly when an interrupt or exception is triggered if there...
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transducer, a sensor and transmitter for a surface acoustic wave Interrupt descriptor table, a memory structure of x86 microprocessors Insulation-displacement...
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Win16 applications can do TSR-like tricks such as patching the interrupt descriptor table (IDT) because Windows allowed it. Windows Me does not allow a...
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device driver which writes over the interrupt descriptor table (IDT). If the IDT is corrupted, when the next interrupt happens, the processor will be unable...
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processor state that are normally outside of the IA-32 API scope, like descriptor cache registers. The LOADALL for 286 processors is encoded 0Fh 05h, while...
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descriptors used by the LGDT, LIDT, SGDT and SIDT instructions consist of a 2-part data structure. The first part is a 16-bit value, specifying table...
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code written in C for 16-bit real-mode x86 devices may write the interrupt descriptor table (IDT) at physical address 0 of the machine by dereferencing a...
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ISO 9660 (section Volume descriptor set)
The rest begins with a volume descriptor set (a header block which describes the subsequent layout) and then the path tables, directories and files on the...
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include: Modifying system service descriptor tables Modifying the interrupt descriptor table Modifying the global descriptor table Using kernel stacks not allocated...
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into a descriptor table that is stored in memory. There are two such tables, the Global Descriptor Table (GDT) and the Local Descriptor Table (LDT), each...
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2006.156. S2CID 99779. "The Descriptor" (PDF). Bitsavers. "Unisys Descriptor". Unisys. "Pbits". Unisys. "Pbit interrupt". Unisys. Daniel H. H. Ingalls...
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Virtual memory (section Page tables)
the same real address. This mode is used for interrupt mechanisms, for the paging supervisor and page tables in older systems, and for application programs...
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reads the 64-bit segment descriptor structure from either the Global Descriptor Table when TI=0 or the Local Descriptor Table when TI=1. It then performs...
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Operating system (section Software interrupt)
given a security descriptor. Later releases have added even more security features. Comparison of operating systems DBOS Interruptible operating system...
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limitations which may be revealed when ChatGPT responds to prompts including descriptors of people. In one instance, ChatGPT generated a rap in which women and...
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create a pointer (copy descriptor) from a base (MOM) descriptor NXLN Index and load name (resulting in an indexed descriptor) NXLV Index and load value...
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program, the T field of an Operand Call or Descriptor Call syllable is relative to the Program Reference Table (PRT). For subroutines, the type of addressing...
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makes this memory available through the Global Descriptor Table (GDT) and one or more Local Descriptor Tables (LDTs). The memory is "protected" in the sense...
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X86 virtualization (redirect from Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller)
get the descriptors back from the processor. Shadow descriptor tables must therefore be used to track changes made to the descriptor tables by the guest...
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Native API calls are handled by the kernel via the System Service Descriptor Table (SSDT). The Native API comprises many functions. They include C runtime...
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Protected mode may only be entered after the system software sets up one descriptor table and enables the Protection Enable (PE) bit in the control register...
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below 16 MB). The value of the CS register at reset is F000h with the descriptor base set to FF0000h and the value of the IP register at reset is FFF0h...
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special selector value to reference a descriptor accessed via the Global Descriptor Table or the Local Descriptor Table, which contains the information needed...
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