Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269960AbUJNENU (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:13:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269963AbUJNENU (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:13:20 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:48860 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S269960AbUJNENO (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:13:14 -0400 Subject: RE: VM Vs Swap Space From: Lee Revell To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , "'Ankit Jain'" In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097726989.2682.3.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:09:50 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 713 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 19:35, David Schwartz wrote: > > A long but basic explanation of the difference between "Virtual > > Memory" and "Swap > > Space" follows: > > One of the problems with a 'basic' explanation is that you always wind up > leaving out something that someone else things is important. ;) > "Unix Internals" by Uresh Vahalia is the best book on the subject I know of. You could never explain virtual memory in a single mailing list thread... Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/