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- From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
- Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.054316.15893@sol.UVic.CA>
- Keywords: kernel linux 0.99
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- Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA
- References: <1992Dec19.193230.282@grendel.demon.co.uk> <1992Dec19.222324.22106@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <2B3611DB.6CD7@tct.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 05:43:16 GMT
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- In article <2B3611DB.6CD7@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
- >According to wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius):
- >>In normal C programs, yes, but the kernel is a bit special. Like, for
- >>instance, who is going to do the initialization?
- >
- >Why couldn't the first thing in the kernel be a zeroing of bss?!
-
- Well, how about the kernel runs in 32bit mode, while the init stuff is
- done in 16bit mode.
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