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From: dwc@homxc.UUCP (Malaclypse the Elder)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: More than 32 bits needed where?
Message-ID: <1244@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 88 00:09:57 GMT
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i can also think of applications of greater than 32 bits of
address space in the operating system.  for one, i have been
thinking of the amount of copying that is done in passing
data through the various layers of network protocols.  perhaps
with a very LARGE kernel address space and suitable alignment
of data structures, this data can be memory-mapped through the
different layers instead of copied.

i haven't really thought much about it.  what do people think?

danny chen
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