From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Sep 21 06:06:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03243 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:06:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from artemis.syncom.net (artemis.syncom.net [206.64.31.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03236 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 06:06:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cyouse@artemis.syncom.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by artemis.syncom.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA29826; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:18:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:18:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Youse To: Robert Nordier cc: bf20761@binghamton.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PC memory usage (what is PIC?) In-Reply-To: <199809190324.FAA12252@ceia.nordier.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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