Re: The 3G (or nG) Kernel Memory Space Offset

[Dong Feng]

No, please do not get me wrong. Or perhaps please tolerate my poor English.

My intention is just trying to understand whether there is an absolute
rationality for a design choice or it just has to have a choice and
the choice can be made arbitrarily.

Sorry again if my English cause any misunderstanding.


2006/8/30, Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Dong Feng wrote:
>
> > Or perhaps this offset is just some personal favor. Say if the first
> > kernel designer decided to locate kernel at 2-3G linear address, then
> > 2G offset would have appeared in code. Is this the case?
>
> Well this is the second time that you suggest that the reason for
> technical decisions have to do with personal favors. Are you trying to
> provoke us into answering your question?
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