Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:18:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Youse <cyouse@artemis.syncom.net> To: Robert Nordier <rnordier@nordier.com> Cc: bf20761@binghamton.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC memory usage (what is PIC?) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980921091656.29625B-100000@artemis.syncom.net> In-Reply-To: <199809190324.FAA12252@ceia.nordier.com>
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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Robert Nordier wrote: > Writing truly IP-independent i386 assembly code by hand (and the initial > portion is pure assembly code), requires completely unnatural practices. Actually, I'm not even sure that it's possible. i86-derived architectures have relied on segmentation to provide such position independence. Chuck Youse cyouse@syncom.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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