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+@c
+@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002.
+@c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
+@c All rights reserved.
+@c
+@c $Id$
+@c
+
+@chapter Memory Model
+
+@section Introduction
+
+A processor may support any combination of memory
+models ranging from pure physical addressing to complex demand
+paged virtual memory systems. RTEMS supports a flat memory
+model which ranges contiguously over the processor's allowable
+address space. RTEMS does not support segmentation or virtual
+memory of any kind. The appropriate memory model for RTEMS
+provided by the targeted processor and related characteristics
+of that model are described in this chapter.
+
+@section Flat Memory Model
+
+The i960CA supports a flat 32-bit address space with
+addresses ranging from 0x00000000 to 0xFFFFFFFF (4 gigabytes).
+Although the i960CA reserves portions of this address space,
+application code and data may be placed in any non-reserved
+areas. Each address is represented by a 32-bit value and is
+byte addressable. The address may be used to reference a single
+byte, half-word (2-bytes), word (4 bytes), double-word (8
+bytes), triple-word (12 bytes) or quad-word (16 bytes). The
+i960CA does not support virtual memory or segmentation.
+
+The i960CA allows the memory space to be partitioned
+into sixteen regions which may be configured individually as big
+or little endian. RTEMS assumes that the memory regions in
+which its code, data, and the RTEMS Workspace reside are
+configured as little endian.
+
+