On Sat, 14 May 2016 12:31:28 -0500 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> I date from era when when "memory banks" were switched via > contents of a I/O port ;/ > Anyone remember era when 8085 was "state of the art" ;/ > > I envision > core A using memory range X > core B using memory range Z > > My individual tasks could be handled by a 2MHz Z80 > > Can Debian do it on GHz machine? > > > It isn't clear why you would need user control at this level, why the processor and memory allocation systems of the OS will not meet your needs. The last time I saw this done was in driving a Solidisk sideways RAM board on the BBC Micro, and that was done only because the processor had a very limited addressing capability. It was done very badly... -- Joe