Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developers Manual Volume 2B, Instruction Set Reference, N-Z

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VMX INSTRUCTION REFERENCE
Further details of the operation of the VM-entry appear in Chapter 22 of IA-32 Intel
Architecture Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3B.
Flags Affected
See the operation section and Section 5.2.
Use of Prefixes
LOCK Causes #UD
REP* Cause #UD (includes REPNE/REPNZ and REP/REPE/REPZ)
Segment overrides Ignored
Operand size Causes #UD
Address size Ignored
REX Ignored
Protected Mode Exceptions
#GP(0) If the current privilege level is not 0.
#UD If executed outside VMX operation.
Real-Address Mode Exceptions
#UD A logical processor cannot be in real-address mode while in VMX
operation and the VMLAUNCH and VMRESUME instructions are
not recognized outside VMX operation.
Virtual-8086 Mode Exceptions
#UD The VMLAUNCH and VMRESUME instructions are not recognized
in virtual-8086 mode.
Compatibility Mode Exceptions
#UD The VMLAUNCH and VMRESUME instructions are not recognized
in compatibility mode.
64-Bit Mode Exceptions
#GP(0) If the current privilege level is not 0.
#UD If executed outside VMX operation.