Re: Memory Management - BSD vs Linux

Darin Johnson (darin@connectnet.com)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 11:32:20 -0700 (PDT)


> From: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds)

> "pmd" is "Page Mid Directory". I'm sorry. And I'm going to be even
> sorrier if we move to a four-level tree any time in the near future
> (with the new third level being called a "pntld" for "Page Next To Last
> Directory"? ;)

PPD -- Page Penultimate Directory.