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Precisely what you wrote: CS is "Code Segment", DS is "Data Segment", ES is "Extra Segment" (even here it feels a bit manufactured), but FS and GS lack any semi
by rzzzt 7y ago
Precisely what you wrote: CS is "Code Segment", DS is "Data Segment", ES is "Extra Segment" (even here it feels a bit manufactured), but FS and GS lack any semi-reasonable expansion.
- masklinn 7y agoBecause the purpose of FS and GS was not specifically defined at the hardware level, they're segment registers but not specific purpose. And I guess the complete lack of dedicated purpose of FS and GS is why x64 keeps them available.
- psychoslave 7y agoSo, are they faint and generic segments? :D
- anticensor 7y agoFS: all-Function Segment GS: General-purpose Segment