Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 03:42:40 -0500 (EST)
Message-Id: <199902170842.DAA24887@zippy.bernstein.com>
From: maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com>
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
Subject: 2.11BSD, non-split i/d issues
Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au
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As already mentioned in previous messages, I'm working on getting
2.9BSD onto a Pro 350.  I'm using 2.9BSD as a starting point because
it claims to support machines without split i/d.  The 350 uses the
F-11 chipset, which I have read does not support split i/d.

I would prefer to use 2.11BSD because I understand it's still actively
used, and not as buggy as 2.9.  But everything I've read about 2.11BSD
says that it needs split i/d to run.  Can anyone give me more detail
about this?  Was support for machines without split i/d removed from
the kernel, or is it just that some of the programs are too big to fit
in a single 64k segment?

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