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To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@e-mind.com>
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Hi,

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:05:21 +0100 (CET), Andrea Arcangeli
<andrea@e-mind.com> said:

> On 12 Jan 1999, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
>> Could somebody spare a minute to explain why is that so, and what
>> needs to be done to make SHM swapping asynchronous?

> Maybe because nobody care about shm? I think shm can wait for 2.3 to be
> improved.

"Nobody"?  Oracle uses large shared memory regions for starters.

--Stephen
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