Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:02:17 -0400
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Subject:	Re: ds==ss why?
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> Strictly speaking, that's not true: CS and DS hold two different 
> selectors, but both these selectors point to segment descriptors
> which describe the same memory region.

GCC doesn't put jump tables, constants, or strings in the text
segment?  If it does, it expects CS==DS as far as memory maps go.
(obviously, the *values* of cs and ds differ, because one is a code
selector and the other is a data selector).

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