Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 18 Jun 1996 10:12:31 -0600 (MDT) | From | Derrik Pates <> | Subject | Re: Is the Linux memory 'flat' ? |
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Meir Dukhan wrote:
> Hi, > > Beeing Linux a 32 bits OS, does it means _necessary_ that the memory > space of a process is 'flat' ? That is continuous, with no need > of far/near stuff.
We don't want to call it "flat", but "linear". "Flat" implies two dimensions, an X and a Y, like a segmented address structure. Linear implies only 1 dimension. Therefore, it would appropriately be called a "linear" address space. But, to answer your question, yes, it is continuous, no far/near addressing, segments, etc.
Derrik Pates dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu -- If a train station is where a train stops, then what is a work station?
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