Hi, Andre Luiz da Silva wrote: > I'm studying the kernel memory management in the Linux Kernel, with the book: > "Understanding the *Linux* *Virtual* *Memory* Manager > <http://www.linuxmall.com.br/index.php?product_id=2105>", but I don't > understading the > "fundamental" direferences between NUMA and UMA memory architeture. Basically, a UMA machine can access uniformly to all its memory, while a NUMA machine cannot. The dedicated Wikipédia page [1] will give detailed explanations. Sincerly, Thomas [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Uniform_Memory_Access -- Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/