>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net> writes:
Daniel> Our vm shall:
Daniel> - Allow user programs can reference more memory than physically exists, and
Daniel> will provide to user programs an amount memory that is roughly the sum of
Daniel> physical memory and swap space.
I'd suggest to re-state and augment this as follows:
- shall not _require_ presence of any swap space;
- shall allow the association between virtual pages and swap
slots to be dynamic, i.e. to be able to change over time;
Regards,
-velco
P.S. Maybe it would be a bad idea to create some kind of glossary,
maybe in the Kernel Hacking HOWTO, explaining terms like page frame,
memory object, slab, etc.
-velco
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