Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:01:43 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: ia64@FreeBSD.org, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Subject: Re: Grrrr.. Message-ID: <XFMail.010302130143.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <15008.1482.524485.786926@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On 02-Mar-01 Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Doug Rabson writes: > > > > I remember now. I always intended to redo pmap_map() via the direct-mapped > > segments. This saves kernel virtual address space (of which there is > > plenty) but more importantly saves TLB entries and on ia64 VHTP entries. I > > just hacked up this patch which isn't tested on anything but I think its > > on the right lines. Beware of conflicts - Drew Gallatin is working in this > > area. > > > > I'm done now (and your latest patch at the top of this thread > incorporates my committed changes). > > I really like using the direct-mapped segment for this. I'm going to test this out on my alpha and i386 test boxes here at work. If it works there, I think it should probably be committed. Not that I am overwhelmed with pmap Clue atm. :) > Drew -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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