[wellylug] /dev/anon [was Forking Linux.]

[Phillip Hutchings]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:44:56 +1300 (NZDT), David Antliff
<dave.antliff at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Phillip Hutchings wrote:
> > +DA is /dev/anon patches
> 
> Interesting - what's /dev/anon for?

UserMode Linux anonymous memory allocation iirc - it saves the system
from having to hold 5 identical copies of the UserMode kernel in place
if you're running 5 UML instances. Or something along those lines.

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