Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Real 46 Bit Addressing in the 386/486!!! Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 13:15:34 GMT References: <9012022236.AA07074@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 7 Actually, the segments on the 80x86 are just fine for catching memory overruns, with minimal O/S support. Just make malloc give you a new segment each time... just the right size, of course. It's gonna be slow, reloading all those segment registers all the time, but not as slow as other methods of building a bondage- and-discipline runtime. (Just don't forget to link with the real malloc before you ship :->) -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com