SGDT/SIDT -- Store Global/Interrupt Descriptor Table Register

SGDT/SIDT -- Store Global/Interrupt Descriptor Table Register Opcode Instruction Clocks Description 0F 01 /0 SGDT m 9 Store GDTR to m 0F 01 /1 SIDT m 9 Store IDTR to m Operation DEST = 48-bit BASE/LIMIT register contents; Description SGDT/SIDT copies the contents of the descriptor table register the six bytes of memory indicated by the operand. The LIMIT field of the register is assigned to the first word at the effective address. If the operand-size attribute is 32 bits, the next three bytes are assigned the BASE field of the register, and the fourth byte is written with zero. The last byte is undefined. Otherwise, if the operand-size attribute is 16 bits, the next four bytes are assigned the 32-bit BASE field of the register. SGDT and SIDT are used only in operating system software; they are not used in application programs. Flags Affected None Protected Mode Exceptions Interrupt 6 if the destination operand is a register; #GP(0) if the destination is in a nonwritable segment; #GP(0) for an illegal memory operand effective address in the CS, DS, ES, FS, or GS segments; #SS(0) for an illegal address in the SS segment; #PF(fault-code) for a page fault Real Address Mode Exceptions Interrupt 6 if the destination operand is a register; Interrupt 13 if any part of the operand would lie outside of the effective address space from 0 to 0FFFFH Virtual 8086 Mode Exceptions Same exceptions as in Real Address Mode; #PF(fault-code) for a page fault Compatability Note The 16-bit forms of the SGDT/SIDT instructions are compatible with the 80286, if the value in the upper eight bits is not referenced. The 80286 stores 1's in these upper bits, whereas the 80386 stores 0's if the operand-size attribute is 16 bits. These bits were specified as undefined by the SGDT/SIDT instructions in the iAPX 286 Programmer's Reference Manual.