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SMSW -- Store Machine Status Word
Opcode Instruction Clocks Description
0F 01 /4 SMSW r/m16 2/3,pm=2/2 Store machine status word to EA
word
Operation
r/m16 := MSW;
Description
SMSW stores the machine status word (part of CR0) in the two-byte register
or memory location indicated by the effective address operand.
Flags Affected
None
Protected Mode Exceptions
#GP(0) if the result is in a nonwritable segment; #GP(0) for an illegal
memory operand effective address in the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segments;
#SS(0) for an illegal address in the SS segment; #PF(fault-code) for a page
fault
Real Address Mode Exceptions
Interrupt 13 if any part of the operand would lie outside of the effective
address space from 0 to 0FFFFH
Virtual 8086 Mode Exceptions
Same exceptions as in Real Address Mode; #PF(fault-code) for a page fault
Notes
This instruction is provided for compatibility with the 80286; 80386
programs should use MOV ..., CR0.
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