AFAIU, UMA --- CPU to Memory bank access times are same. NUMA -- CPU to memory bank access times are different for different cpus. So you always want to allocate from the memory bank which is near to you. correct me if I am wrong. Raghu On 9/14/05, Andre Luiz da Silva <andrack@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I'm studying the kernel memory management in the Linux Kernel, with the > book: > "Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager", but I don't understading > the > "fundamental" direferences between NUMA and UMA memory architeture. > > I perform a serach at the Google and the Kernel Documentation > (Documentation/vm/numa), > but this make me very confused... > > Do Somebody has any explanation about the concepts of NUMA and UMA memory > architeture? > > > Thanks!!! > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/