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4.2 Systems Instructions
Systems instructions deal with such functions as:
- Verification of pointer parameters (refer to
Chapter 6):
- Addressing descriptor tables (refer to
Chapter 5):
- Multitasking (refer to
Chapter 7):
- Coprocessing and Multiprocessing (refer to
Chapter 11):
- Input and Output (refer to
Chapter 8):
- Interrupt control (refer to
Chapter 9):
- Debugging (refer to
Chapter 12):
- TLB testing (refer to
Chapter 10):
- System Control:
The instructions SMSW and LMSW
are provided for compatibility with the
80286 processor. 80386 programs access the MSW in CR0 via variants of the
MOV instruction.
HLT stops the processor until receipt of an INTR or RESET
signal.
In addition to the chapters cited above, detailed information about each of
these instructions can be found in the instruction reference chapter,
Chapter 17
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