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Re: "Linux ported to non MMU system"



A few messages back, someone said:

> The biggest problem would probably be the lack of memory, I
> can't imagine that you can do anything sensible with Linux on
> a 4Mb machine without VM.

I just visited the WWW page, and actually VM support was not
removed.  Instead they replaced paged VM with a "flat" VM model,
whatever that means. (Is it the same as the VM in MiNT?)
Naturally, VM still isn't a replacement for oodles of RAM.

Yves
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