Jehan-FrancoisParis-UNIX.ppt

Other modifications Berkeley UNIX maintains a pool of free pages instead of expelling pages on demand Page size was increased to 1KB (a pair of 512-byte physical pages) Berkeley UNIX added Some limited amount of prepaging A mechanism allowing to turn off the PR bit simulation Evolution of the policy Policy now runs with much more physical memory Hand now moves too slowly By the late 80’s a two-hand policy was introduced: First hand resets simulated PR bit Second hand follows first at constant angle and expels all pages whose PR bit = 0 resets PR bit expels a The two-hand policy UNIX Today: