Hi,
So entire module should be loaded into kernel. I hope it should not use demand paging. Am i right ? Regards Venkat >From: Chunky Kibbles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [rtl] virtual memory >Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:34:11 +0100 > >On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:14:46PM -0700, A V wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Does RTLinux uses virtual memory ? I hope not. > > Becaz real-time kernel should not use virtual memory. > > But in our RTLinux the module loading is taken care > > of by Linux kernel. Am i right ? Linux kernel uses > > virtual memory. How can Linux kernel know that it > > should not use virtual memory for RT-processes ? > > Please clear my doubt. > >Yes, the kernel support full virtual memory; there's no point in it not >doing so. > >The memory, though comes in two varieties for this situation: >kernel-space, and user-space. Kernel-space memory will never get >swapped out, but user-space memory can be. > >RT Linux code actually runs as a kernel module [at least, the bit you >code to be actual hard real-time]. This module runs in kernel-space, >so will never get swapped out. > >Gary (-; >-- [rtl] --- >To unsubscribe: >echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR >echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-- >For more information on Real-Time Linux see: >http://www.rtlinux.org/ > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- [rtl] --- To unsubscribe: echo "unsubscribe rtl" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR echo "unsubscribe rtl <Your_email>" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For more information on Real-Time Linux see: http://www.rtlinux.org/
