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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!cs.utk.edu!cs.utk.edu!moore From: moore@cs.utk.edu (Keith Moore) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Notes on the *new* FreeBSD V1.1 VM system Date: 2 Mar 1994 08:02:25 GMT Organization: Univ. of Tenn. Computer Science, Knoxville Lines: 13 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2l1h6hINNc23@CS.UTK.EDU> References: <CLutBp.4K9@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <2kudpoINNbhd@CS.UTK.EDU> <1994Mar1.132637.58107@ans.net> <a09878.762550221@giant> <2l0b06$2qi@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: moore@cs.utk.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: wilma.cs.utk.edu In article <2l0b06$2qi@GRAPEVINE.LCS.MIT.EDU>, wollman@ginger.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: > > Say my default stack limit is 256MB. Does that mean that I have to > have 256MB of backing store available to start any new process? If > so, will you pay for all my disks from now on? If not, why not, and > what happens when a stack grow causes you to run out of memory? Yep, that's the other case. But at least this one's not new. -- Keith Moore / U.Tenn CS Dept / 107 Ayres Hall / Knoxville TN 37996-1301 Internet: moore@cs.utk.edu BITNET: moore@utkvx Preserve the fourth amendment! Say HELL NO to key escrow!