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From: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: shmat() system call?
Message-ID: <189@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>
Date: 16 Aug 90 19:17:35 GMT
References: <187@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US> <12638@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: wht@n4hgf.UUCP (Warren Tucker)
Organization: Amateur Radio Station N4HGF
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In article <12638@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0178a@prism.gatech.EDU (BURNS,JIM) writes:
>in article <187@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US>, wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker) says:
>< In article <27@astph.UUCP> jeff@astph.UUCP (8592x2) writes:
>< To be sure, specify the attach address, regardless of what the FM says.
>< Make a small program that passes 0 for the address and see what it
>< returns.  Then, use that value hardcoded, possibly #defined for each
>< arcitecture you plan to run the program on.
>
>What if yours is not the only application creating and deleting shared
>memory segments? Are you saying you always get the same address?

Yes, in a virtual system where the shmat'd address is virtual.
 
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