Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!mmdf From: HBO043%DJUKFA11.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Christoph van Wuellen) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Help needed with MINIX scheduler Message-ID: <37646@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 29 Nov 90 22:22:29 GMT Sender: mmdf@ee.udel.edu Lines: 8 SS and DS must be the same segment..... since a called subroutine with a pointer argument does not know if it points to automatic (SS) or static (DS) data of the caller. So, stack&data must share the ADDRESS SPACE, but, they can be separated by a big gap, allowing each range to grow. C.v.W.