From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.29]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3E8DDEE7 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:18:50 +1100 (EST) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 5so6371ywh.39 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:18:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48FFA6C8.9020606@genesi-usa.com> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:18:48 -0500 From: Matt Sealey MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Becky Bruce Subject: Re: Extended Addressing Mode References: <48FEEB88.6050505@kontron.com> <83735324-C37B-4C57-A50F-FFF0D133E4E3@kernel.crashing.org> <48FF23C4.5030408@kontron.com> <88C8EDEB-C9A5-4876-AF7D-55CBABBE111D@kernel.crashing.org> <48FF2DDE.9060301@genesi-usa.com> <48FF3685.5020504@genesi-usa.com> <48FF6CEF.8050607@genesi-usa.com> <20EAA623-DD71-46E0-A47C-658DCEA7E607@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: <20EAA623-DD71-46E0-A47C-658DCEA7E607@freescale.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: Matt Sealey Cc: linuxppc-dev list , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Odey=E9?= , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?R=E9gis_?= List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Becky Bruce wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2008, at 1:11 PM, Matt Sealey wrote: > >> Yeah so I saw BookE and e500 stuff go past but nothing specific for >> e600/XAEN. I mailed Becky and got no response. I'm glad to know it's >> in there though, somewhere. > > Huh? I have one mail from you, on Sep 1, to which I responded on Sep > 2. Was there another mail I missed, or did you not see my response? > Freescale's mail server is unreliable, and since I'm not in the habit of > ignoring emails, feel free to nag me anytime if you send me something > and don't get a response. Between Freescale's mail server and the trouble we're having with Google right now (along with thousands of others), I am NOT surprised it got lost somewhere along the way. I wasn't bitching :) >> Just so it has been asked, do you know in a broad sense what it would >> take to add the non-contiguous memory mapping support? Doesn't ppc64 >> already have this? > > PPC64 has SPARSEMEM support, IIRC. It's non-trivial to add for 32-bit, > although I haven't scoped it out in any detail. Okay, non-trivial was pretty much what I was looking for, I was just trying to weigh up how much effort is required.. If you actually scope it out in any detail or someone has some 10% time and decides this would be an awesome project, give me a nudge? My MPC8641D is itching to actually do something besides build packages. Actually having 8GB of memory would REALLY help run SUSE Build Service :] -- Matt Sealey Genesi, Manager, Developer Relations