Reply to post: Re: "the absence of an MMU was a PITA..."

Linux 4.16 arrives, keeps melting Meltdown, preps to axe eight CPUs

davidp231

Re: "the absence of an MMU was a PITA..."

"I was just thinking this. It was pre-emptive as well. MMU is by no means a prerequisite to multi-tasking."

It's a pre-req for virtual memory isn't it?

Mac System 6+Multifinder to System 7.5.5 run on the m68k and that definitely lacks a MMU.

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