On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 18:59 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Err, no. In Linux and many other OSes with virtual memory, no application needs to "tell the operating system what portion of the physical memory it wants" nor "where in address space it wants it to be located.". It only needs to say HOW MUCH it wants, and the virtual memory manager takes care of the rest.
That's _not_ entirely true. Again, here's where there is a difference between API and ABI come into play. If a 32-bit application needs to use more than 1-2GiB of memory (depending on the model), then there _are_ at least _compile-time_ issues to resolve -- possibly compiler/linker directives, etc... if not select code modification. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------- Illegal Immigration = "Representation Without Taxation" -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com