Re: GEM and memory protection

["Jesús Cea Avión" <jcea@argo.es>]

> Ok, IF GEM creates prob with MEMORY protection. WHat is the goal of
> this feature? lemme explain:

Virtual memory and Memory protection are very serious and useful
concepts.

> What are we protecting against?

Since MINT can be used as a multiuser environment, you need memory
protection.

> Badly coded programs?

A badly coded program must die gratefully without data loss or taking
down the whole system with it.

> If ALL the applications we are running are 100% perfectly well coded.
> Memory protection is NOT necessary, is it?

As I told in a previous message, Memory Protection and Virtual Memory
are hand-to-hand features. If you want VM, the cost for doing protection
aswell is negigible.

And I have never ever seen a bug free program :).

> (extra question: how long does it take to make a RAM DUMP onto a
> harddrive file?, let's say 4 meg to dump).

Using a SCSI drive, perhaps 4-6 seconds :). Less if you have a new
device and wide scsi :).

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