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- From: curtis@cs.berkeley.edu (Curtis Yarvin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Does Linux use segmentation?
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 01:51:28 GMT
- Organization: CS Dept. Snakepit - Do Not Feed.
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- In article <1992Nov11.011359.27473@cbnewse.cb.att.com> sph1@cbnewse.cb.att.com (stephen.p.hill) writes:
- >
- >I get the impression that Linux uses combined paging and
- >segmentation, in fact that nearly all modern OSs use
- >the combination. Is this true?(the part about Linux)
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- Like most modern OSs, Linux uses paging and avoids segmentation
- (for the most part) like the plague. This is because modern
- processors do not have segmentation, and it does not fit well
- with modern operating systems design.
-
- You will hear the word "segment" kicked around in a lot of
- places and a lot of different ways; be careful. Just because
- you have, say, a "text segment" doesn't mean you use
- segmentation.
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