Subject: Re: rminit()/rmfree() etc.
To: None <mrg@eterna.com.au, tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/15/1995 21:08:44
> what's the rationale behind rminit() making 0 an invalid address ?

It's traditionally been this way. I just implemented what the comments in
sys/sys/map.h said.

There is no particular need to implement it this way. The unused slots in
the map could easily be indicated by some other number, e.g. -1.
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