Re: creation/modification of LDT

From: Gary Kato (garykato_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: 17 Nov 2004 17:54:19 GMT

>Is there any instruction in x86 systems that will force the saving of
>registers? ie is it possible to the save the state without calling schedule?
>

I don't know if there's any one instruction to do it. You can use MOV to save a
register to RAM. There's PUSH also.

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