Re: VM Vs Swap space

Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07T18:49:26Z

[CCing linux-newbie]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:21:57 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain
<ankitjain1580@yahoo.com> wrote:
> well i dont know exactly but somewhat i feel that
> there must be some way to disable the virtual memory.
> yaa of course there should be some way. it is not that
> sys cant work without it

Yes, you can have a system without virtual memory. Search for MMUless
linux kernel and you'll see patches/websites.

My point was that disabling VM after its been enabled would tough (if
not impossible). Someone correct me if I am wrong here.

Pratik.

> ankit
> --- Pratik Solanki <pratik.solanki.ml@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> > On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:41:38 -0400, chuck gelm
> > <chuck@gelm.net> wrote:
> > > Ankit Jain wrote:
> > >
> > > >how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap
> > area
> > > >
> > > >thanks
> > > >
> > > >ankit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Virtual memory is swap area in use.
> >
> > umm. A running system can or cannot have swap.
> > Correct me if I am
> > wrong but you can't disable virtual memory once its
> > enabled, or at the
> > very least it would be extremely tough to do so and
> > I don't know of
> > any system that does it. Virtual memory is enabled
> > when the kernel
> > starts up and stays that way. Swap is a different
> > issue.
> >
> > Pratik.
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