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Chapter 1: Process Address Space


When planning a complex program, you must understand how IRIX creates the virtual address space of a process, and how you can modify the normal behavior of the address space. The major topics covered here are:


Defining the Address Space
Interrogating the Memory System
Mapping Segments of Memory
Locking Pages in Memory
Reducing Cache Misses
Additional Memory Features

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