Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:04:39 +0200
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	(message from Kovacs Viktor Peter on Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:46:11 +0200
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Subject: Re: Run djgpp program in real dos got SIGSEGV signal ?
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> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 02:46:11 +0200 (CEST)
> From: Kovacs Viktor Peter <vps AT winnie DOT obuda DOT kando DOT hu>
>
> > Not true: near pointers are _not_ required to have data segments
> > larger than the installed physical RAM.
> 
>  As long as you don't touch any memory, that is on an expansion card.

If you mean memory-mapped devices, then accessing them requires to map
them into your address space first.  How to do that is described in
the FAQ, but it doesn't require near pointers, either.

Anyway, I don't think accessing memory-mapped devices was the issue in
the original message.