Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 1996 12:23:45 -0700 | From | Tom May <> | Subject | Re: Is the Linux memory 'flat' ? |
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Alan Cox says:
>> 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.
>It is flat in Linux but if you are warped enough you can run segmented mode >32bit segments in 32bit mode. Nobody is quite that sad however
The linux kernel code is :-) I was glad to see that Linus plans to drop the segmented stuff in the kernel in the near future.
Tom.
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