From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] UVM VM system
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 14:25:55 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANCZdfogHqPr6GQ50y_8gVrhnNG-KxPWARuAoGHbKNOL_BKU6A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 1:42 PM ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was his advisor on that thesis so I got to watch it roll out as it
> happened.
>
> uvm replaced the machvm in netbsd.
>
> For a time, Chuck set it up to run in parallel with the existing VM. You
> could start a process and pick which vm it used. For a while, it defaulted
> to the existing one. Then, at some point, it defaulted to uvm. Then, at
> some point, the old one was removed.
>
> more here:
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/docs/kernel/uvm.html
>
> via search terms
> uvm replaces machvm netbsd
>
> chuck was a long time contributor to netbsd IIRC, but last time we talked,
> he was using Linux.
>
These days I know he's hacking on FreeBSD's storage stack with me at work
:). I think he's still a netbsd contributor. I see his name in the commit
log often..
Warner
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-01 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-01 18:50 Larry McVoy
2018-09-01 19:07 ` Warner Losh
2018-09-01 19:16 ` Clem Cole
2018-09-01 19:41 ` ron minnich
2018-09-01 19:45 ` ron minnich
2018-09-01 20:25 ` Warner Losh [this message]
2018-09-01 21:15 ` ron minnich
2018-09-02 5:19 ` Kevin Bowling
2018-09-02 14:55 ` Warner Losh
2018-09-02 15:28 ` Will Senn
2018-09-01 19:53 ` Brad Spencer
2018-09-02 6:29 ` Andy Kosela
2018-09-02 8:07 ` Steve Mynott
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