Talk:Descriptor: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Content deleted Content added
Created page with "In reference to the [Paging] references made on the page: AFAIK (Intel Documentation) there is no relation to Paging in desctiptors. The P (Present) bit for selectors when 0 ..." |
→Renaming or splitting article: new section |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
can generate a #PF (Page Fault). |
can generate a #PF (Page Fault). |
||
[[User:Forge|Forge]] 17:06, 5 July 2013 (CDT) |
[[User:Forge|Forge]] 17:06, 5 July 2013 (CDT) |
||
== Renaming or splitting article == |
|||
The term descriptor is kinda ill suited as the name of this article. The term is easily confused with file descriptors and surely a better x86-specific name can be given to this article. --[[User:Sortie|Sortie]] 18:05, 5 July 2013 (CDT) |
|||
Revision as of 23:05, 5 July 2013
In reference to the [Paging] references made on the page: AFAIK (Intel Documentation) there is no relation to Paging in desctiptors.
The P (Present) bit for selectors when 0 can generate a #NP (Segment Not Present), whereas the P (Present) bit in PDE/PTE (page directory/table entries), when 0, can generate a #PF (Page Fault). Forge 17:06, 5 July 2013 (CDT)
Renaming or splitting article
The term descriptor is kinda ill suited as the name of this article. The term is easily confused with file descriptors and surely a better x86-specific name can be given to this article. --Sortie 18:05, 5 July 2013 (CDT)