On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 10:05:03AM +0000, n.v.t n.v.t wrote: > Hello. > > I'm trying to learn more about the kernel, but when I'm reading articles it > has terms that are unfamiliar by me. E.g: > page tables > physical pages of memory > virtual pages > pages > etc.. > > These terms are hard to understand for a newbie like me, is there some page > where I might get clear information about what they do? Could someone > provide me explanation? Maybe it would be a good idea to do basic term > explanations in wiki? > > > Joe > See http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/projects/vm/guide/html/understand/ - particularly chapters 3 and 4. Arthur -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
