On Sunday 11 June 2006 22:06, James Knott wrote:
PAE is not virtual memory. Virtual memory is a method of making disk space appear as memory.
In general, virtual memory is a way of mapping one set of memory segments onto another memory segment. It's not inherent in the definition that it has to do with swap space, although that is a common use for it. But you can use a linux system without swap, and you'd still be using virtual memory. In particular, each application would still see its own contiguous memory space, even though it could be using non-contiguous chunks of real, physical memory
PAE is a memory mapping technique, that allows an applcation to access memory (real or virtual) beyond the normal 4 GB limit.
It looks to me like a variation of the standard Intel segmentation thing -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com