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Control registers in x86 series
CR0
The CR0 register is 32 bits long on the 386 and higher processors. On x86-64 processors in long mode, it (and the other control registers) are 64 bits long. CR0 has various control flags that modify the basic operation of the processor.
Bit Name Full Name Description
31 PG Paging If 1, enable paging and use the CR3 register, else disable paging
30 CD Cache disable Globally enables/disable the memory cache
29 NW Not-write through Globally enables/disable write-back caching
18 AM Alignment mask Alignment check enabled if AM set, AC flag set (in EFLAGS register, and privilege level is 3)
16 WP Write protect Determines whether the CPU can write to pages marked read-only
5 NE Numeric error Enable internal x87 floating point error reporting when set, else enables PC style x87 error detection
4 ET Extension type On the 386, it allowed to specify whether the external math coprocessor was an 80287 or 80387
3 TS Task switched Allows saving x87 task context only after x87 instruction used after task switch
2 EM Emulation If set, no x87 floating point unit present, if clear, x87 FPU present
1 MP Monitor co-processor Controls interaction of WAIT/FWAIT instructions with TS flag in CR0
0 PE Protected Mode Enable If 1, system is in protected mode, else system is in real mode
CR1
Reserved
CR2
Contains a value called Page Fault Linear Address (PFLA). When a page fault occurs, the address the program attempted to access is stored in the CR2 register.
CR3
Typical use of CR3 in address translation with 4 KiB pages.Used when virtual addressing is enabled, hence when the PG bit is set in CR0. CR3 enables the processor to translate virtual addresses into physical addresses by locating the page directory and page tables for the current task. Typically, the upper 20 bits of CR3 become the page directory base register (PDBR).
CR4
Used in protected mode to control operations such as virtual-8086 support, enabling I/O breakpoints, page size extension and machine check exceptions.
Bit Name Full Name Description
14 SMXE SMX Enable
13 VMXE VMX Enable
10 OSXMMEXCPT Operating System Support for Unmasked SIMD Floating-Point Exceptions enable unmasked SSE exceptions
9 OSFXSR Operating system support for FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions Must be set to use SSE instructions, enable fast FPU save and restore
8 PCE Performance-Monitoring Counter enable If set, RDPMC can be executed at any privilege level, else it can only be used in kernel mode (ring 0)
7 PGE Page Global Enabled
6 MCE Machine Check Exception Enables machine check interrupts to occur if set
5 PAE Physical Address Extension Changes page table layout to translate 32-bit virtual address into extended 36-bit physical address
4 PSE Page Size Extensions If unset page size is 4 KiB, else it is increased to 4 MiB, or with PAE, 2 MiB
3 DE Debugging Extensions
2 TSD Time Stamp Disable If set, RDTSC instruction can only be executed when in ring 0, otherwise RDTSC can be used at any privilege level
1 PVI Protected-mode Virtual Interrupts Enables hardware support of virtual interrupt flag (VIF) in protected mode.This feature can enable some program running at privilege level 0 to run at privilege level 3(applications level;least privileged)
0 VME Virtual 8086 Mode Extensions If set,enables support for virtual interrupt flag in virtual-8086 mode.This feature may improve performance in this mode
其实最好的资料还是intel手册,
http://www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/
关于cr0的内容在
Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual
Volume 3A: System Programming Guide
http://www.intel.com/Assets/PDF/manual/253668.pdf