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Subject: Re: the UNIX hole
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.88.9612091014.A24188-0100000@svpal.svpal.org> from Mike Branch at "Dec 9, 96 10:59:51 am"
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Mike Branch writes:
> hi,
>   could anybody give an explanation about the UNIX "hole"?
> Is the hole filled in current versions of UNIX?  Is it
> still advisable to configure devices in contiguous memory
> locations when building a kernel?

(You can tell how far behind I am with my mail :-()

I didn't see a reply to this one, and since I've never heard of the
"UNIX hole", I thought I'd ask you what you mean.

Greg