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From: Robert Finch <robfi680@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Capabilities, Anybody?
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:31:53 -0400
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Can capabilities be applied to address ranges?

Segmentation similar to the PowerPC 32-bit segmentation is being used in 
the current project. Where the upper address bits select a segment 
register which provides more address bits. I would like to use the same 
descriptors for capabilities and the address range segmentation.