Re: Linux's Virtual Memory implementation

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:29:54 +0100 (BST)


> After talking with my dad about it, he said that this
> was a very different way to look at virtual memory.
> Is this true? Is there something new about Linux's
> way?

It was original once. But that was about 1982.

> As an example, my dad said that under Solaris you can
> start a program and then remove the disk that the
> program is on. I'm fairly sure Linux can't do that.

You can't actually remove the disk from under a Solaris app - it pages
code from the original file.

Alan

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