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Re: [Q] MMU & VM

To: Graffiti <ramune@bigfoot.com>
Subject: Re: [Q] MMU & VM
From: Rik van Riel <H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 11:53:55 +0200 (MET DST)
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
In-Reply-To: <19980904002057.A5268@ds23-ca-us.dialup>
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On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Graffiti wrote:

> 	Just how does an MMU work, and why do we need it to implement
> virtual memory instead of handling it all in the kernel?
> 	I've found quite a few texts on how VM works, but never why we
> need an MMU or what an MMU does.
> 
> 	Can anyone recommend a good book on this?

Well, there's Tanenbaum's "Modern Operating Systems".

There's also a nice VM tutorial from CNE/CMU(?), which
is linked to from the Linux-MM homepage, VM Links.

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~riel/mm-patch/

Rik.

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