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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 1997 06:47:52 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
To:        michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock)
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [?] TLB Flushing on Context Switch PPro vs. Pentium
Message-ID:  <199702041147.GAA05042@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.95.970204111305.15030A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from "Michael Hancock" at Feb 4, 97 11:15:45 am

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> The PPro doesn't automatically flush the TLB on context switch like the
> Pentium did.  What else does the PPro do differently?
> 
On the non-SMP kernel, we specifically set the PG_G flag that
keeps the kernel pages in the TLB on PPro.  I have also been
playing with the idea of using 4MB pages (which the P5 also
unofficially supports.)

John



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