> So I think the APM bios access code is actually correct in specifying a
> "l" on the push/pop operations.
pushl %ds has better alignment and it pairs better with other 32-bit
instructions. pushl %%ds does zero-extend. movl %%ds, %%eax does
zero-extend as well, so the behavior seems to be symmetric. (i've just
tested this to be sure ;).
-- mingo
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