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> input spans more than half of the virtual address space Not only that, but in practice most general purpose operating systems are designed with higher-half k
by junon 4y ago
> input spans more than half of the virtual address space
Not only that, but in practice most general purpose operating systems are designed with higher-half kernels[0].
[0] https://wiki.osdev.org/Higher_Half_Kernel https://wiki.osdev.org/Higher_Half_Kernel
- valleyer 4y ago32-bit Mac OS X was not (it had a 4/4 scheme). Though even then I'm not sure you could reliably allocate two gigs of contiguous virtual space without running into some immovable OS-provided thing.