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 Post subject: X86 Long Mode PML4E/PDPE question
PostPosted: Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:57 am 
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Hi all.

I'm just setting up a 64 bit test in assembler so setting up the translation tables. I'm setting as 1GB tables and had a question on the structure. I've seen a few examples where say their PML4E table is at address 1000 and the PDPE is at 2000 etc. In the PML4E table they are setting the pointer to 2003 hence 2000 with two bits set for the switches. In the AMD docs, it shows the first 8 bits as switches and then 4 bits ignored so the address starts at bit 12. What I can't relate to is how the address they show is correct?

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 Post subject: Re: X86 Long Mode PML4E/PDPE question
PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:09 am 
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You're confusing bits and bytes. The difference between 0x2000 and 0x2003 is 2 bytes, not 2 bits


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 Post subject: Re: X86 Long Mode PML4E/PDPE question
PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 3:25 am 
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Sorry I didn't mention is was ox2003 i.e. hex. Isn't ox2000 + 11b = ox2003? Anyway, what I am trying to say (I think) is do the first 12 bits of the field that make up the address also include the flags?

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 Post subject: Re: X86 Long Mode PML4E/PDPE question
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Bipman wrote:
Sorry I didn't mention is was ox2003 i.e. hex. Isn't ox2000 + 11b = ox2003? Anyway, what I am trying to say (I think) is do the first 12 bits of the field that make up the address also include the flags?

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yes

basically, since the address must be aligned on a 4K boundary, the lower 12 bits of the address will always be 0, therefore, the CPU ignores those bits (assumes they are all 0) and those bits can then be re-used for various flags -- all versions of x86 paging do this

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 Post subject: Re: X86 Long Mode PML4E/PDPE question
PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:59 am 
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Excellent thanks :D Just what I needed to know.

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