From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kernel kernel Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:31:42 +0530 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <104ee7a5041006230119fa84c2@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041006085254.76571.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com> <4164A287.4050207@gelm.net> Reply-To: kernel kernel Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4164A287.4050207@gelm.net> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: chuck@gelm.net Cc: Ankit Jain , newbie 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 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 > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs