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+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;
+; Copyright (c) 2006, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+; This program and the accompanying materials
+; are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
+; which accompanies this distribution. The full text of the license may be found at
+; http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php.
+;
+; THE PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED UNDER THE BSD LICENSE ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+; WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.
+;
+; Module Name:
+;
+; ReadDr4.Asm
+;
+; Abstract:
+;
+; AsmReadDr4 function
+;
+; Notes:
+;
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ SECTION .text
+
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; UINTN
+; EFIAPI
+; AsmReadDr4 (
+; VOID
+; );
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+global ASM_PFX(AsmReadDr4)
+ASM_PFX(AsmReadDr4):
+ ;
+ ; DR4 is alias to DR6 only if DE (in CR4) is cleared. Otherwise, reading
+ ; this register will cause a #UD exception.
+ ;
+ ; MS assembler doesn't support this instruction since no one would use it
+ ; under normal circustances. Here opcode is used.
+ ;
+ DB 0xf, 0x21, 0xe0
+ ret
+