Re: Is the Linux memory 'flat' ?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:07:27 +0100 (BST)

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> 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

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