[TUHS] UVM VM system

[ron minnich]

good to know!

On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 1:26 PM Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 1:42 PM ron minnich <rminnich at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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