From: csg203@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Bluebeard) Subject: Re: Linux swapping Date: 31 May 1992 17:56:36 GMT
In article <1992May29.205335.6681@colorado.edu> drew@juliet.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt) writes:
>In article <9spkbss6@cck.coventry.ac.uk> csg203@cch.coventry.ac.uk (Bluebeard) writes:
>>
>>A unix expert, told me that the actual memory maps onto the swap, so only the
>>swap space above the system memory is available.
>>Is this true on linux ?
>
>You "Unix expert" is hopelessly narrow minded in that he gave a
>response appropriate for (I'll make an assumption here) 4.3 BSD.
>4.4BSD, Linux, Mach, and inumerable other operating systems are not
>bound by it.
My friend works mainly with Suns and he was interested to know if Linux worked
in the same way. I'm sorry if I misrepresented his question.
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