Re: memory protection

[Sven Karlsson <sven@it.lth.se>]

> > If one stick to that definition the 030 is not a virtual machine
> > although it is pretty close.

Virtual machine in the computer architecture field usually means a
machine that is capable of "emulating" several machines in hardware.
The 030 cannot do the context switching in hw and therefore it is
not IMHO a true virtual machine although as you noted it is very
close.

Anyway its only a matter of definitions. If one broaden the definition
to allow machines that can emulate several machines, the 030 definately
is a virtual machine.

Regards
 Sven