Hi Joel On 12/12/09, Joel Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your response, but I'm sorry the book does not answer the > question.. > > What I'm talking about is, > I'm was under the impression that the kernel stack was just like any > other memory allocated internally in kernel space, and that it was > virtual and had to go through the Paging unit to translate to a > physical address?
My best guess is that it is done to tackle situation where there are memory operation that doesn't involve MMU such as DMA from/to kernel stack to/from certain device. Make sense? -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
