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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
Subject: Re: Kernel Definition
Message-ID: <8042@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 26 May 91 19:37:59 GMT
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Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>The kernel image is not swapped.  It exists in ALL process images' memory
>maps.  Since the kernel in reentrant, it would be foolish to page or swap it.

Umm, what do you mean by "reentrant" here?