From: kernel kernel <unix.hacker@gmail.com>
To: chuck@gelm.net
Cc: Ankit Jain <ankitjain1580@yahoo.com>,
newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:31:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <104ee7a5041006230119fa84c2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4164A287.4050207@gelm.net>
swap area forms a part of the memory which is used for the memory
objects like the stack when executable
starts running. This anonymous segment will grow dependin upon the
pattern of the functions calls in ur executable
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:57:27 -0400, chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net> wrote:
> Ankit Jain wrote:
>
> >hi
> >
> >if somebody can tell me that is this correct?
> >
> >(1)can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign
> >but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the term
> >interchangeably
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >ankit
> >
> >
> (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as virtual memory.
> (2) I am not sure. Why one would wish to use 'swap area'
> interchangeably with 'virtual memory'.
> :-|
> Chuck
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-07 6:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-06 8:52 VM Vs Swap space Ankit Jain
2004-10-07 1:57 ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07 6:01 ` kernel kernel [this message]
2004-10-07 9:15 ` Ankit Jain
2004-10-07 9:25 ` kernel kernel
2004-10-07 9:37 ` Ankit Jain
2004-10-07 10:31 ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07 16:05 ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07 16:07 ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-08 3:29 ` kernel kernel
2004-10-07 10:41 ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07 16:09 ` Pratik Solanki
[not found] ` <20041007172157.63553.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>
2004-10-07 18:49 ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07 22:13 ` chuck gelm
2004-10-08 2:49 ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-08 15:25 ` Pratik Solanki
[not found] <9cb08bfa04100708182c097689@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <20041007160656.32450.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com>
2004-10-07 16:13 ` Pratik Solanki
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