Segmentation Paging

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2019 Nov 5 5:17
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2021 May 19 8:35
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  • Use segments to manage logically related units
  • Use pages to partition segments into fixed size chunks - first go to segment table (protection easy)
    • Need to allocate page table entries only for those pieces of the segments that have themselves been allocated.
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Logical (virtual) address → Linear address → Physical address (intel 32 architecture)
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Segmentation: logical partition of memory - Segment Selector bits exist (segmentation register store segment selector bits usually)
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Offset means relative address

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