From: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Status of 64K pagesize support
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:03:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005294@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590693005288@msgid-missing>
>>>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:07:53 -0600 (CST), Jack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com> said:
Jack> What is the status of support for 64K pagesizes in IA64. Is
Jack> anyone actively working this??
Jack> I built a 2.4.2 kernel with 64K pages & immediately hit 2
Jack> problems:
Jack> - gcc doesnt support 64K alignment (perhaps I am using
Jack> an old gcc??)
Jack> - drivers/scsi/scsi_dma.c has a bitmap that overflows
Jack> with 64K pages.
Jack> I dont mind working on these issues but first wanted to check
Jack> if anyone else is working on them.
Jack> What other issues are people aware of that are lurking.....
There shouldn't be any. The VM system should handle it just fine.
--david
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-16 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-16 21:07 [Linux-ia64] Status of 64K pagesize support Jack Steiner
2001-03-16 21:25 ` Don Dugger
2001-03-16 21:38 ` Jim Wilson
2001-03-16 23:03 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2001-03-22 17:49 ` Jack Steiner
2001-03-26 17:51 ` Jack Steiner
2001-03-28 22:26 ` David Mosberger
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