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    SubjectRe: linear vs. logical addresses? how does cpu interpret kernel addrs?
    > At some point in the past, someone had their attribution stripped from:
    >>> 1) When I am referencing a pointer in the kernel, is the value of that
    >>> pointer variable interpreted by the cpu as a logical or linear address?
    >>> 2) if I have two overlapping data/stack segments presently selected,
    >>> each with a different base, how does the cpu know which segment/base
    >>> address to use to get the linear address?
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    > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 05:48:04PM -0700, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
    >> IIRC, all the base segments are 0, so none of this matters ;-)
    >
    > 2.0.x used such things as the segment bits, hardware tasking, and so on.

    And happily is now supremely irrelevant ;-)

    BTW, to the original question ... chapter 2 of "Understanding the Linux Kernel"
    had a good explanation of all this.

    M.

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