Top "Virtual-address-space" questions

virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process

Why is the ELF execution entry point virtual address of the form 0x80xxxxx and not zero 0x0?

When executed, program will start running from virtual address 0x80482c0. This address doesn't point to our main() procedure, but …

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Physical or virtual addressing is used in processors x86/x86_64 for caching in the L1, L2 and L3?

Which addressing is used in processors x86/x86_64 for caching in the L1, L2 and L3(LLC) - physical or …

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Understanding virtual address and virtual address space

I read that , "When a program executes an instruction like : MOV REG,1000 , it does so to copy the contents of …

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How are same virtual address for different processes mapped to different physical addresses

I have taken a course about Operating System design and concept and now I am trying to study Linux kernel …

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How do i find bits in virtual and physical address?

The question is: Consider a virtual address space of 256 pages with page size of 4KB, mapped onto a physical memory …

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is number of frame = number of pages(linux)?

I am studying linux device driver and found that number of pages are equal to number of frame. Each page …

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