Commit cb66eb11 authored by Bhaskar Chowdhury's avatar Bhaskar Chowdhury Committed by Jonathan Corbet
parent 2165b82f
...@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ physical memory (demand paging) and provides a mechanism for the ...@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ physical memory (demand paging) and provides a mechanism for the
protection and controlled sharing of data between processes. protection and controlled sharing of data between processes.
With virtual memory, each and every memory access uses a virtual With virtual memory, each and every memory access uses a virtual
address. When the CPU decodes the an instruction that reads (or address. When the CPU decodes an instruction that reads (or
writes) from (or to) the system memory, it translates the `virtual` writes) from (or to) the system memory, it translates the `virtual`
address encoded in that instruction to a `physical` address that the address encoded in that instruction to a `physical` address that the
memory controller can understand. memory controller can understand.
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