[linuxkernelnewbies] MMDOC. Linux Memory Management Documentation.

[peter teoh]

http://mmdoc.sourceforge.net/mmdoc/mmdoc.html MMDOC. Linux Memory Management Documentation. S. Mohan Kumar mohan_...@yahoo.com, http://mmdoc.sourceforge.net Abstract Introduction A overview of the MM system Various terms used in Linux MM Sub-System initialization. Memory categorization Paging start Start Paging Bootmem Handling Page table setup paging_init() pagetable_init() free_area_init() About this document ... MM Sub-System initialization. This section discusses in detail how the MM subsystem is initialized. SMP initialization is not discussed here.The mm sub system initialization takes place at the very beginning of the boot process itself. This is understandable as, usage of memory starts right from the boot process. Subsections Memory categorization Paging start Start Paging Bootmem Handling Page table setup paging_init() pagetable_init() free_area_init()