Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 08:39:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: gpalmer@freebsd.org (Gary Palmer) Cc: wdh@ashrae.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Size of the Virtual Memory Page Message-ID: <199605152309.IAA00292@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20894.832115521@palmer.demon.co.uk> from "Gary Palmer" at May 15, 96 00:12:01 am
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Gary Palmer stands accused of saying: > > Bill Harrison wrote in message ID > <9604148321.AA832117768@SMTP.ASHRAE.ORG>: > > Does anyone know the size of the virtual memory page in FreeBSD? > > > The BSD books that I have say it is usually 8,000 bytes. > > It's normally the size of the hardware page, which on most machines > that I know of is actually 4096 bytes ... BSD was written for the Vax architecture, and unless my memory's totally busted, the Vax imposes a fixed 4096-byte physical page size. In fact, I think that even on processors where the page size is adjustable, almost every unix in existence uses 4K. Which "BSD books" are you referring to? > Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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