Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 13 Oct 2000 20:44:19 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | RE: large memory support for x86 |
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Chris Swiedler wrote:
> Why is it that a user process can't intentionally switch segments? > Dereferencing a 32-bit address causes the address to be calculated > using the "current" segment descriptor, right? It seems to me that a > process could set a new segment selector, in which case a dereference > would operate on a whole new segment. Is there a reason why processes > are limited to a single segment?
processes are not limited to a single segment, eg. Wine uses nonstandard segments. But as i said, using multiple segments does not let you out of 32 bits of virtual memory.
Ingo
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