Merge pull request #98 from marmeladema/patch-1

Make segment size in protected mode clearer
pull/100/head
0xAX 9 years ago
commit d0a2fdb3d5

@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ Don't worry, i know that it looks a little scary after real mode, but it's easy.
1. Limit (0 - 15 bits) defines a `length_of_segment - 1`. It depends on `G` bit.
* if `G` (55-bit) is 0 and segment limit is 0 - size of segment - 1 byte
* if `G` is 1 and segment limit is 0 - size of segment 4096 bytes
* if `G` is 0 and segment limit is 0xfffff - size of segment 1 megabyte
* if `G` is 1 and segment limit is 0xfffff - size of segment 4 gigabytes
* if `G` (55-bit) is 0 and segment limit is 0, size of segment is 1 byte
* if `G` is 1 and segment limit is 0, size of segment is 4096 bytes
* if `G` is 0 and segment limit is 0xfffff, size of segment is 1 megabyte
* if `G` is 1 and segment limit is 0xfffff, size of segment is 4 gigabytes
2. Base (0-15, 32-39 and 56-63 bits) defines the physical address of the segment's start address.

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