Assembly Language for x86 Processors --- 2.3 课后习题答案

2.3 x86 Memory Management

1 In protected mode, which register references the descriptor for the stack segment?（在保护模式下，哪个寄存器引用堆栈段的描述符？）

答 ：SS register.

2 In real-address mode, convert the following hexadecimal segment-offset address to a linear address: 0950:0100.（在实地址模式下，将以下十六进制分段偏移地址转换为线性地址：0950：0100。）

答 ：09600h.（09500h + 0100h = 09600h）

3 What is the range of addressable memory in protected mode?

答 ：4 GB ( 0 to FFFFFFFFh).

4 What is the range of addressable memory in real-address mode?

答 ：1 MB (0 to FFFFFh).

5 In MASM’s flat segmentation model, how many bits hold the address of an instruction or variable?（在MASM的平面分段模型中，使用多少数据位保存一条指令的地址或变量？）

答 ：32 bits.

6 Can you think of a reason why MS-DOS was not designed to support protectedmode programming?（您能想到为什么MS-DOS不被设计为支持保护模式编程的原因吗？）

答 ：This is an open-ended question, of course. It is a fact that MS-DOS first had to run on the 8086/8088 processors, which only supported Real-address mode. When later processors came out which supported Protected mode, my guess is that Microsoft wanted MS-DOS to continue to run on the older processors. Otherwise, customers with older computers would refuse to upgrade to new versions of MS-DOS.（当然，这是一个开放式问题。 事实上，MS-DOS首先必须在8086/8088处理器上运行，该处理器仅支持实地址模式。 当后来出现支持保护模式的处理器时，我猜测微软希望MS-DOS继续在较旧的处理器上运行。 否则，使用旧计算机的客户将拒绝升级到新版本的MS-DOS。）

7 In real-address mode, demonstrate two segment-offset addresses that point to the same linear address.（在实地址模式下，演示两个指向相同线性地址的段偏移地址。）

答 ：For example, the address 8000:0250 points to the linear address 80250h. The address 8020:0050 also points to the same linear address 80250h.