--- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tuesday 08 March 2005 09:05 am, Ravi Krishna
> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
[snip]
>
> Segments just provide a base + offset into the
> virtual address space that is
> backed by the TLB mappings, so to make this
> practically useful would be a lot
> more work than would first appear because your
> segments have to map virtually
> contiguous memory.
>
If I had a processor with no MMU, but only memory
protection and a segment register, can I port freebsd
onto that architecture? I mean, use the segment
register to provide for non-conflicting process
spaces.
thanks
-kamal
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UNIX systems consultant
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice,
there is:-).
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