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From: Mike Branch <mbranch@svpal.org>
Subject: the UNIX hole
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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?

thanks,
Mike

ps.  Any examples would be nice.
mb 

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