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To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
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Subject: Re: kernel malloc question 
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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 15:33:04 -0400
From: Jean-Philippe Belanger <jpbelang@CRIM.CA>
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> Since the kernel can't be swapped, why would you want virtual memory?
> The driver can't be 'swapped', so virtual buys you nothing.

Actually, what I'm doing is trying to write, strictly as an exercise,
to write a "ramdisk".  Having only 8 megs of ram on my system, I'd
like to take advantage of virtual memory.

So I know it doesn't ave much of a practical use, but I'd like
to know if it's possible, and just how simple (or complicated)
it would be.

Thanks.