| US 7,549,038 B1 | ||
| Method and system for determining memory chunk location using chunk header information | ||
| Alexandre Roux, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to PALM, Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/72,766. | ||
| Application 11/072766 is a continuation of application No. 10/261881, filed on Sep. 30, 2002, granted, now 6,880,065. | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 711—220 [711/170] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A computer system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled to said processor, said memory comprising a plurality of contiguous memory chunks, wherein a memory chunk
comprises a chunk header comprising:
a first offset value;
a sign bit associated with said first offset value; and
a number of bit values, wherein a second offset value comprising said sign bit and said first offset value and further comprising
said bit values as its lowest order bits is used for determining an actual offset value that is applied to a base address
to provide a memory location of said memory chunk, wherein said actual offset value is determined by adding said values of
said bits to said second offset value and by multiplying the result of said adding by the binary equivalent of four.
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