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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The performance of paging virtual memory systems
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Date: Tue, 13-Dec-83 01:45:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 13 01:45:32 1983
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  - It's sometimes useful for an applications program to give
    hints to a page manager, but I know of only one page manager
    which allows this (VAX/VMS.)

					Randolph Fritz
					Western Union Telegraph

Berkeley Unix allows these hints too, via the "vmadvise" system call.
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