> so the real problem is that we are working in a segmented architecture with
> a compiler that doesn't really understand segments and we hide our heads in
> the sand and hope the problem goes away.
>
> This of course is begging the response that if i think the compiler should
> handle other memory models i should change it to do so.
>
> ummm
>
> certainly IPC would be easier with far pointers (we could do shared memory
> for a start)
>
> thoughts anyone, or are we going round in circles?
One thought, it seems like the total amount of system memory needed to
boot is getting way up there too, I worry that if we find a way to get
more space free for the kernal, then there will be just that much less
left for everything else. At some point I'm afraid we're going to just
have to break down and pick and choose those things that we really
need/want to have (for example, I'd like networking in addition to 3
virtual terminal and room for a couple other processes, but I don't need
msdos filesystem support).
Dan
