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diff --git a/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn b/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn index 91907131..cdd25040 100644 --- a/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn +++ b/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,20 @@ +[[license text=""" +Copyright © 2002, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the +terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version +published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no +Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included +in the section entitled [[GNU_Free_Documentation_License|/fdl.txt]]. + +By contributing to this page, you agree to assign copyright for your +contribution to the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software Foundation +promises to always use either a verbatim copying license or a free +documentation license when publishing your contribution. We grant you back all +your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and +redistribute your contributions. +"""]] + Mach provides a so-called external pager [[mechanism]]. This mechanism serves to separate *managing memory* from *managing content*. Mach does the former while user space tasks do the @@ -170,4 +187,3 @@ fashion. The server is not required to send a response to the kernel. (D) The manager then transfers the data to the storeio which eventually sends it to disk. The device driver consumes the memory doing the equivalent of a vm_deallocate. - |