I remember `demand paging' on the PDP-11, which predates the VAX. -- Sincerely,
David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On 17 Apr 2002, John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: > > Executables, being read-only, are mapped directly from disk and never > > use any swap at all. Only data gets mapped to swap. > > Karsten writes: > > Is this a GNU/Linux thing or a more general Unix/POSIX thing? > > Neither. It's a virtual-memory thing. It's the obvious thing to do as > soon as you have vm. > > > Recent development or long-time feature. > > VMS had it from day one, I believe, and Berkeley introduced it into Unix > when they ported it to the VAX. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
