On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 05:29:20PM +0530, nidhi mittal wrote: > as if linear address is of 32 bits then total linear address space of 4GB is > mapped to physical address space. > then i wanted to ask > Is this address space is split among all processes ? > OR > each process gets its independent full 4GB linear address space. ? Each process gehts its independent 4GB linear address space. The mapping work is done by the MMU. HTH -- Patrick Kirsch http://spielux.de | Open Source Spiele, Bewertungen, Auftragsentwicklung -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
