Re: VM Vs Swap space

chuck gelm
2004-10-07T22:13:52Z

Pratik Solanki wrote:

>[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.
>
I was thinking that an active swap partition was 'virtual memory'.
Why are many folks using capital letters 'VM'. Am I missing
something? Is 'VM' == virtual memory or is there a application
or service called 'VM' ?

Anywho, the only 'virtual memory' I know of is an active
swap file or swap partition and either can be started
or stopped in a running kernel.
(I think.)

Regards, Chuck