Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-08 Thread Pratik Solanki
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 18:13:52 -0400, chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pratik Solanki wrote: > > >[CCing linux-newbie] > > > >On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:21:57 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>well i dont know exactly but somewhat i feel that > >>there must be some

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread kernel kernel
In That case, also. There is a implicit Swap area and a Explicit area. On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:07:21 -0400, Pratik Solanki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:37:40 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well if we dont have a swap area then shall i say my > > syste

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Jim Nelson
chuck gelm wrote: Pratik Solanki wrote: [CCing linux-newbie] On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:21:57 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well i dont know exactly but somewhat i feel that there must be some way to disable the virtual memory. yaa of course there should be some way. it is not th

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread chuck gelm
Pratik Solanki wrote: [CCing linux-newbie] On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:21:57 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: well i dont know exactly but somewhat i feel that there must be some way to disable the virtual memory. yaa of course there should be some way. it is not that sys cant work w

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Pratik Solanki
[CCing linux-newbie] On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:21:57 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well i dont know exactly but somewhat i feel that > there must be some way to disable the virtual memory. > yaa of course there should be some way. it is not that > sys cant work without it Yes,

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Pratik Solanki
Yes. 32 bit address = 2^32 addresses = 4GB For a 64-bit machine, the limit is 2^64. Pratik. On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:06:56 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why limit is upto 4 GB is it due to address bus limit? > > thanks > > ankit > --- Pratik Solanki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > w

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Pratik Solanki
On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:41:38 -0400, chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ankit Jain wrote: > > >how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area > > > >thanks > > > >ankit > > > > > Virtual memory is swap area in use. umm. A running system can or cannot have swap. Correct me if I am wrong

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Pratik Solanki
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:37:40 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well if we dont have a swap area then shall i say my > system dosent have virtual memory No. > is this correct? because i feel even if this swap area > is not there then also virtual memory concept exists? Virtual m

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Pratik Solanki
On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:37:40 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well if we dont have a swap area then shall i say my > system dosent have virtual memory No. > is this correct? because i feel even if this swap area > is not there then also virtual memory concept exists? Virtual

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread chuck gelm
Ankit Jain wrote: how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area thanks ankit Virtual memory is swap area in use. Regards, Chuck --- chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ankit Jain wrote: hi if somebody can tell me that is this correct? (1)can i say that swap area created by lin

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread chuck gelm
Ankit Jain wrote: well if we dont have a swap area then shall i say my system dosent have virtual memory Yes, I think so. I think that it is difficult to say that a system has no 'swap area', because a 'swap area' could be a file. How can you be sure that none of the files on a system are a 'sw

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Ankit Jain
well if we dont have a swap area then shall i say my system dosent have virtual memory is this correct? because i feel even if this swap area is not there then also virtual memory concept exists? thanks ankit --- kernel kernel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Virtual Memory is a policy. Swap Area

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread kernel kernel
Virtual Memory is a policy. Swap Area is a artifact, u use to implement this policy Hope makes sense On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:15:15 +0100 (BST), Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area > > thanks > > ankit > --- chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-07 Thread Ankit Jain
how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area thanks ankit --- chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ankit Jain wrote: > > >hi > > > >if somebody can tell me that is this correct? > > > >(1)can i say that swap area created by linux is > nothign > >but virtual memory. (2)is it correct

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-06 Thread kernel kernel
swap area forms a part of the memory which is used for the memory objects like the stack when executable starts running. This anonymous segment will grow dependin upon the pattern of the functions calls in ur executable On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:57:27 -0400, chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An

Re: VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-06 Thread chuck gelm
Ankit Jain wrote: hi if somebody can tell me that is this correct? (1)can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the term interchangeably thanks ankit (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as virtual memory. (2) I am not sure. Why on

VM Vs Swap space

2004-10-06 Thread Ankit Jain
hi if somebody can tell me that is this correct? can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign but virtual memory. is it correct to use the term interchangeably thanks ankit Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly