TASKS AND STATE TRANSITIONS
CPU
INTEL RESERVED
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
,
TASK
REGISTER
0---
T55
-...
DESCRIPTOR
IS
0
plop+1
TYPE I
8A5E
23
.
16
8A5E,5_0
1
AN
AVAILABLE
TASK
STATE
SEGMENT
MAY
BE USED
AS
THE DESTINATION OF A
TASK
SWITCH OPERATION.
r---------,
I
PROGRAM
INVISIBLE
I
I
LIMIT,S·O
A
BUSY
TASK STATE SEGMENT
I
15 0
I
I
LIMIT
]i
I
------
: I
BASE
I
0
I
------------
, ,
L
____
---
_...J
IS
TASK
LOT SELECTOR
OS
SELECTOR
55
SelECTOR
CS
SELECTOR
ES SELECTOR
01
51
BP
SP
BX
TASK
OX
STATE
SEGMENT
ex
AX
FLAG
WORD
IP {ENTRY POINT)
55
FOA
CPL
2
SP FOR
CPL
2
55
FOR
CPL
1
SP
FOR CPt: 1
58
FOR
CPL
0
5P
FDA
CPl
0
BACK LINK SELECTOR TO TSS
(1) NEVER ALTERED (STATIC) AFTER INITIALIZATION
BY
0.5.
INITIAliZED
FOR THIS
TASK
ARE
ALWAYS
VALID SS:SP VALUES TO USE UPON ENTRY TO THAT
PRIVILEGE LEVEL (0,
1,
OR
2) FROM A LEVEL
OF
LESSER PRIVILEGE.
(2) CHANGED DURING TASK SWITCH
0
CANNOT
BE
USED
AS
THE
DESTINATION OF A
TASK
SWITCH.
BYTE
OFFSET
/(1)
42
--------
40
P DESCRIPTION
1 BASE AND LIMIT FIEL.DS ARE
VALID
38
0
SEGMENT IS NOT
PRESENT
IN
36
MEMORY. BASE AND
LIMIT
ARE
NOT DEFINED
34
32
30
28
CURRENT
TASK
(2)
26
STATE
24
22
20
18
16
14
12)
10
BJ
INITIAL
STACKS
(1)
:
FOR
CPL
0.1.2
0_
Figure
8-1.
Task
State
Segment
and TSS
Registers
8-2
G3010B
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