Chapter 12. 386 Demand Mode Paging
The Previous Chapter
This chapter provided a detailed description of how the processor handles automatic task switching. It also covered Linked Tasks, Linkage Modification, the Busy Bit, and address mapping issues.
This Chapter
This chapter provides a complete description of 386-style demand mode paging. This discussion is also directly applicable to all subsequent IA processors. Table 12-5 on page 244 provides linkage to all of the paging-related enhancements that appeared in subsequent IA32 processors.
| Processor | Enhancement | Described in |
|---|---|---|
| 486 | Write Protect feature | A complete description can be found in “The Write Protect Feature” on page 450. |
| Caching Rules | A complete description can be found ... |
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