Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266613AbUJNJZl (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:25:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270009AbUJNJZl (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:25:41 -0400 Received: from science.horizon.com ([192.35.100.1]:20793 "HELO science.horizon.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266613AbUJNJZk (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 05:25:40 -0400 Date: 14 Oct 2004 09:25:40 -0000 Message-ID: <20041014092540.5416.qmail@science.horizon.com> From: linux@horizon.com To: albert@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: 4level page tables for Linux Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 659 Lines: 16 > Numbers for all of them would be easy to deal with. > Like this: pd1, pd2, pd3, pd4... > > I'd number going toward the page, because that's > the order in which these things get walked. On the other hand, these extensions tend to get made to the top, and it's confusing if, in a 2-level system, only pd3 and pd4 are used. Perhaps a little-endian scheme (pd1 = pte, pt2=pmd, pd4=pgd) would be better after all. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/