Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:56:29 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Lars Gerhard Kuehl <kuehl@lgk.de> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Chuck Youse <cyouse@paradox.nexuslabs.com> Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD Message-ID: <19991029095629.D48778@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991029120555.kuehl@lgk.de>; from kuehl@lgk.de on Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 12:05:55PM %2B0200 References: <199910290502.WAA03970@dingo.cdrom.com> <XFMail.991029120555.kuehl@lgk.de>
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In the last episode (Oct 29), Lars Gerhard Kuehl said: > > Think about it for a second. How big is a pointer? > > The Intel architecture still supports segmented memory, > so the effective maximum pointer size is 48 bit. gcc doesn't handle segmented memory architectures, though, so you'll have to write your own low-level memory copying operations if you want to access other segments. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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