* [Linux-ia64] Re: [proposal] 4-level page-table for Linux/IA64
@ 2001-12-04 19:54 David Mosberger
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From: David Mosberger @ 2001-12-04 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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>>>>> On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 17:07:04 +0800 , "Tang, Yu" <yu.tang@intel.com> said:
Yu> hi david: I have one proposal here. i don't know whether it has
Yu> been raised before. if so, sorry for that; And here we go:
Unless I'm missing something, what you're proposing is not a 4-level
page table but a segmented address space. The total mappable space
*at any given time* will still be limited to what you get with a
normal 3-level page table. I doubt that's the right direction to go.
--david
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