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   mutazilah@gmail.com to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: PDOS/86   
   10 Jul 21 23:04:59   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, July 11, 2021 at 3:23:49 PM UTC+10, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > 5. More than 64k memory requested, caller can handle   
   > both a non-zero offset and the memory spanning more   
   > than 1 segment.   
      
   More than 64k of memory spans a segment by definition,   
   so that can be reduced to:   
      
   5. More than 64k memory requested, caller can handle   
   a non-zero offset.   
      
   Therefore the only thing required is whether you can handle   
   a non-zero offset.   
      
   We just need another allocate-memory call that takes a   
   32-bit size and a flag to say whether it needs a 0 offset   
   (ie be on a segment boundary).   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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