Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 20:37:38 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_zeroidle.c src/sys/alpha/alpha vm_machdep.c src/sys/conf files src/sys/i386/i386 vm_machdep.c src/sys/ia64/ia64 vm_machdep.c src/sys/powerpc/powerpc vm_machdep.c Message-ID: <200107120237.f6C2bcU47653@aslan.scsiguy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 04 Jul 2001 18:32:42 PDT." <200107050132.f651Wgk50653@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>dillon 2001/07/04 18:32:42 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/alpha/alpha vm_machdep.c > sys/conf files > sys/i386/i386 vm_machdep.c > sys/ia64/ia64 vm_machdep.c > sys/powerpc/powerpc vm_machdep.c > Added files: > sys/vm vm_zeroidle.c > Log: > Move vm_page_zero_idle() from machine-dependant sections to a > machine-independant source file, vm/vm_zeroidle.c. It was exactly the > same for all platforms and updating them all was getting annoying. I seem to recall NetBSD doing some work to optimize their x86 zero page code to avoid adverse cache effects. Making this completely MI prevents such optimizations. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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