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- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Path: sparky!uunet!sybus.sybus.com!myrddin!palan!tct!chip
- From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
- Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99
- Message-ID: <2B3751A7.A2E8@tct.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:34:30 GMT
- References: <1992Dec19.222324.22106@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <2B3611DB.6CD7@tct.com> <1992Dec22.054316.15893@sol.UVic.CA>
- Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
- Keywords: kernel linux 0.99
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- According to pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald):
- >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.
-
- Hm. How about, the first thing in the kernel _after_ transition to
- 32-bit mode?
- --
- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.com>, <73717.366@compuserve.com>
- "you make me want to break the laws of time and space / you make me
- want to eat pork / you make me want to staple bagles to my face /
- and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"
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