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Re:Nommu Linux by duhast on Monday October 10, 2016 @03:26AM (#12675608)
Linux on embedded systems? I guess maybe also performance? No MMU means no TLB misses, page tables etc.
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Re:Nommu Linux by eLobato on Monday October 10, 2016 @03:27AM (#12675612)
It also means incredibly slow context switching
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Re:Nommu Linux by panic on Monday October 10, 2016 @03:34AM (#12675629)
Wouldn't it make context switching faster because you don't have to invalidate any TLB entries?
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Re:Nommu Linux by TickleSteve on Monday October 10, 2016 @03:55AM (#12675714)
Context switching is more efficient due to less context.
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