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> Rather than use the IDT to locate the entry point of each handler, processor hardware will simply calculate an offset from a fixed base address So, wasn't th
by raverbashing 5y ago
> Rather than use the IDT to locate the entry point of each handler, processor hardware will simply calculate an offset from a fixed base address
So, wasn't the 8086 like this? Or at least some microprocessors that jump to $BASE + OFFSET to a point where one JMP fits more or less
- sounds 5y agoI have no idea how Intel's proposal handles this, but the 8086 jump was to a fixed location. i.e. BASE was always 0.