Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:08:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:08:02 -0500 Received: from are.twiddle.net ([64.81.246.98]:61840 "EHLO are.twiddle.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:08:00 -0500 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:07:43 -0800 From: Richard Henderson To: Linus Torvalds Cc: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Paul Mackerras , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: 10.31 second kernel compile Message-ID: <20020326170743.A19912@twiddle.net> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Paul Mackerras , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020316115726.B19495@hq.fsmlabs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 11:16:16AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > But alpha does a "pseudo-hardware" fill of page tables, ie as far as the > OS is concerned you might as well consider it hardware. And that is > actually limited to 8kB pages Actually, it can be frobbed up to 64k with a pal call. Not that we've ever arranged for the alpha backend to allow for a page size not equal to 8k... > The upcoming hammer stuff from AMD is also 64-bit, and apparently a > four-level page table, each with 512 entries and 4kB pages. And FWIW, ev6 also has an option to do 4 level page tables. r~ - 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/