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- From: stripes@pix.com (Josh Osborne)
- Subject: Re: Shared Libs for X11?, was Re: 386bsd -- The New Newsgroup
- Message-ID: <BunBCI.G1t@pix.com>
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- References: <1992Sep14.232949.9093@bby.com.au> <veit.716561866@du9ds3> <1992Sep15.143458.15689@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 00:43:29 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.143458.15689@news.cs.brandeis.edu> st923150@pip.cc.brandeis.edu writes:
- >[...] A small kernel extension may be needed to alias the text
- >segment to a r/w data segment (as Intel text segments are either execute only
- >or execute/read, but not e/r/w).
-
- The same RAM can (and IS) mapped by more then one segment. As far as I can
- tell the default CS and DS point to the same RAM, so that shouldn't be a
- problem.
- [...]
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- when it's necessary to compromise. - Larry Wall
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