From: linux@horizon.com
To: albert@users.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 4level page tables for Linux
Date: 14 Oct 2004 09:25:40 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041014092540.5416.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)
> 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.
next reply other threads:[~2004-10-14 9:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-14 9:25 linux [this message]
2004-10-14 11:15 ` 4level page tables for Linux Robin Holt
2004-10-17 2:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
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2004-10-13 23:22 Albert Cahalan
2004-10-13 23:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-14 1:15 ` Albert Cahalan
2004-10-12 13:59 Andi Kleen
2004-10-12 18:48 ` Dave Hansen
2004-10-12 19:03 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-13 18:41 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-13 19:35 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-13 20:04 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2004-10-18 17:02 ` Christoph Lameter
2004-10-18 17:21 ` Andi Kleen
2004-10-18 17:38 ` Andrea Arcangeli
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