Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:18:19 -0600 (MDT) From: John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>, seebs@plethora.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advanced OS Questions only you can answer... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008230017330.18969-100000@inconnu.isu.edu> In-Reply-To: <39A2D25D.4CC11C6D@softweyr.com>
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I heard that Jon Johansen hacked the kernel to use Legal as part of his DeCSS work... On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > > > In article <local.mail.freebsd-hackers/200008221653.LAA11615@guild.plethora.net> you write: > > >>2. How does the OS manage main memory and does it manage secondary storage > > >>to back up main memory. I need on algorithm and one structure to show this > > >>management...along with how they relate to the management. > > > > > >The OS manages main memory by breaking it up into 8 1/2 by 11 sections of bits > > >called "pages". (The 1/2 is used for parity.) > > > > Yes, but this is not portable. For a better fit, the OS should strive > > to maintain ISO 216 compliance as well, if possible. > > There is a kernel option to use A4 pages, IIRC. > > -- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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