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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5387 comp.os.386bsd.questions:16622 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.pfc.forestry.ca!bcsystems!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!tribune.usask.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!uunet!news.sprintlink.net!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Memory flat under 386bsd? Message-ID: <3hh0j1$4uv@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Date: 11 Feb 1995 00:32:33 -0000 Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions References: <handsome.34.792382537@katie.Stanford.EDU> Organization: None NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 16 handsome (handsome@katie.Stanford.EDU) wrote: : Is c code with requirements of over 640k memory size be saved from having : to go thru DPMI/DOS extenders kind of services under 386BSD? : Thanks for any help!!! The first thing the primary boot strap does on the current 386bsd derivitives is switch to protected mode (switching back to real mode for bios calls until the kernel is loaded). This implies flat memory and none of this segment/ offset rubbish. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....