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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:18:06 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net>
To:        Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com>
Cc:        bf20761@binghamton.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PC memory usage (what is PIC?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.980921091656.29625B-100000@artemis.syncom.net>
In-Reply-To: <199809190324.FAA12252@ceia.nordier.com>

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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Robert Nordier wrote:

> Writing truly IP-independent i386 assembly code by hand (and the initial
> portion is pure assembly code), requires completely unnatural practices.

Actually, I'm not even sure that it's possible.  i86-derived architectures
have relied on segmentation to provide such position independence.

Chuck Youse
cyouse@syncom.net



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