Re: GEM and memory protection

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@nuts.edu>]

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Konrad Kokoszkiewicz wrote:

> What about a patch that would set the process protection flags to Global,
> if the process is a GEM application (i.e. it is launched by AESSYS).

I'm not sure, as this could encourage programmers to continue to
ignore MP. It would be handy though...

> BTW. I've recently enabled the memory protection on the TT and it works
> fine, though it is exactly the same system (a direct copy, no new
> installation) as on the Falcon, where the memory protection prevented the
> login from coming up. 
> 
> Has anyone experienced similar problem regarding Falcons and the memory
> protection? Seems like another "feature" of TOS 4.

Yes, I remember having this problem when I first installed KGMD on my
Falcon. I just installed KGMD/N.AES on my TT, and memory-protection
works quite well. But this might be related to the lack of alternate
RAM on the Falcon, as I have similar problems on the TT if I remove
the TT-RAM.


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