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From: fen@comedia.com (Fen Labalme)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: MIT-SHM ?? (XFree86-3.1 & NetBSD-1.0)
Date: 19 Feb 1995 10:59:24 GMT
Organization: Broadcatch Technologies
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Do I want to recompile my kernel with these SysV extensions?
What does "shared memory" buy me?  What is it good for?
(I understand "shared libraries", but vas iss das "shared memory"?)

Thanks.

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