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Re: [MiNT] DATE/TIME cookies



Hi!

On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 01:49:03PM +0100, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> Please tell me how DATE/TIME breaks the memory protection and why _CPU, _FPU
> and other cookies do not break it.

Because _CPU & friends are cookies which just contain a value, whereas
DATE/TIME, as discussed here, contain a pointer to a value, i.e. the
actual value is located in a different memory region.


Ciao

Thomas


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