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Operating Systems Linux How does the Operating System handle memory? Post 302894673 by wisecracker on Wednesday 26th of March 2014 04:09:58 PM
Old 03-26-2014
Oooh, if only I knew how to disable the MMU for a single byte read anywhere in contiguous memory on an x86 machine that has an OS up and running...

@Corona688, made me smile, nice and pinched... ;o)

@ Lost in Cyberia, although seriously deep reading at the core it might be worthwhile reading up about an MMU, Memory Management Unit as this controls all aspects memory allocation, paging, VM, 32 to 36 bit address pseudo-memory, etc...
 

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