Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:24:09 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: ds==ss why?
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > 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?

Yes, it does.

> 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). 

That's what I was saying: the selectors are different, but they describe 
the same memory.