|> haymanR_at_icefog.uacn.alaska.edu:
|> The sticky bit under OSF/1 is ignored except when it is on directories, then
|> only the owner (and root) may delete the owner's files under that directory.
|>
|> To lock something in memory, one would either let the UBC hold it in memory due
|> to the many accesses it has, one could use the MFS (memory file system) for the
|> files, or one could wire the pages into memory via the mlock, munlock, mlockall,
|> and munlockall calls - see the DEC OSF/1 Guide to Realtime Programming.
|>
|> Randy M. Hayman
|> haymanr_at_icefog.alaska.edu
It was my understanding that the MFS is constructed using pageable
kernel memory...
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if (cpu.type == PENTIUM && cpu.step < 8) { panic("Intel Inside!"); }
Received on Thu Mar 30 1995 - 08:26:58 NZST