From: Pratik Solanki <pratik.solanki.ml@gmail.com>
To: Ankit Jain <ankitjain1580@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:49:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9cb08bfa04100711494df0774@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041007172157.63553.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>
[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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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-07 18:49 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
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 [this message]
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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