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Date:	Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:59:31 -0500
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Subject:	Re: The endless int31 hooking debugging continued
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Nate Eldredge wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
>
> > > /* Restore segments to valid DJGPP state. */
> > >         movw %cs:_my_ds, %ds
> > >         movw _my_ds, %es
> > >         movw _my_ds, %ss
> >
> > I don' think you can move values into segment registers directly, I
> > think you need to use AX as intermediary.
>
> Unless I'm mistaken, you can.  You can move values from either
> registers or memory into a segment register.  The only kind that's
> forbidden is immediate values.  But I don't have my books here to
> check it.
> --
>
> Nate Eldredge
> neldredge AT hmc DOT edu

Exactly right.

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