RSM--Resume from System Management Mode

Opcode

Instruction

Description

0F AA

RSM

Resume operation of interrupted program

Description

Returns program control from system management mode (SMM) to the application program or operating-system procedure that was interrupted when the processor received an SSM interrupt. The processor's state is restored from the dump created upon entering SMM. If the processor detects invalid state information during state restoration, it enters the shutdown state. The following invalid information can cause a shutdown:

The contents of the model-specific registers are not affected by a return from SMM.

See Chapter 11, System Management Mode (SMM), in the IA-32 Intel(R) Architecture Software Developer's Manual, Volume 3, for more information about SMM and the behavior of the RSM instruction.

Operation

ReturnFromSSM;
ProcessorState Restore(SSMDump);

Flags Affected

All.

Protected Mode Exceptions

#UD - If an attempt is made to execute this instruction when the processor is not in SMM.

Real-Address Mode Exceptions

#UD - If an attempt is made to execute this instruction when the processor is not in SMM.

Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions

#UD - If an attempt is made to execute this instruction when the processor is not in SMM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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