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Date:      Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:07:19 -0500 (EST)
From:      Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>
To:        Jeff Roberson <jeff@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_page.c vm_page.h
Message-ID:  <20021031200611.O35554-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>
In-Reply-To: <200211010059.gA10x38W037978@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Jeff Roberson wrote:

> jeff        2002/10/31 16:59:03 PST
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/vm               vm_page.c vm_page.h
>   Log:
>    - Add a new flag to vm_page_alloc, VM_ALLOC_NOOBJ.  This tells
>      vm_page_alloc not to insert this page into an object.  The pindex is
>      still used for colorization.
>    - Rework vm_page_select_* to accept a color instead of an object and
>      pindex to work with VM_PAGE_NOOBJ.
>    - Document other VM_ALLOC_ flags.
>
>   Reviewed by:    peter, jake
>

This commit and the one following it are required for ia64.  This
functionality can also be used to optimize for other architectures that
support a direct mapped region of address space.  I have a version for
alpha that I will commit if re@ approves.

Cheers,
Jeff


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