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   mutazilah@gmail.com to Joe Monk   
   Re: segmentation   
   03 Nov 22 08:44:18   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 6:08:25 PM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > I don't want to use paging. I don't want page tables.   
   > >   
   > > I will do a simple malloc of 8 GB, unprivileged.   
      
   > No, you wont.   
   >   
   > ALL z/Arch machines run in LPARs. ALL of them.   
   >   
   > No z/Arch machine runs on bare metal. And there is no such thing as running   
   without paging.   
      
   I wish to run PDOS-generic.   
      
   I can most definitely do a malloc of 8 GB under z/OS in AM64   
   to get a contiguous 4 GB area on a 4 GB boundary, suitable   
   for running 32-bit software, so long as I carefully fudge the   
   high 32 bits of registers before running it.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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