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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s mp_machdep.c pmap.c
In-Reply-To: <199709212211.AAA06000@ocean.campus.luth.se> from Mikael Karpberg at "Sep 22, 97 00:11:16 am"
To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg)
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:37:46 -0500 (EST)
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Mikael Karpberg said:
> According to John Dyson:
> > dyson       1997/09/20 22:50:05 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/i386/i386        locore.s mp_machdep.c pmap.c 
> >   Log:
> >   Add support for more than 1 page of idle process stack on SMP systems.
> 
> FMI:
> What does the idle process need stack for? I thought all it does was zero
> pages, and HALT?
> 
Also handle interrupts.  It becomes especially problematical on large systems
with lots of interrupts.  Two pages isn't really enough in general, but it
seems to be okay for now.

-- 
John
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