From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Barnes Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 19:30:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: [PATCH] head.S fix for unusual load addrs Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 11:25:29AM -0700, David Mosberger wrote: > I'm not sure. I got the impression Tony may be looking at the virtual > remapping in region 5. I haven't heard whether text replication > turned out to be important for 8870, but I'm starting to lean towards > virtual remapping because it is more versatile (can handle both > "strange" physical memory layouts and kernel replication). This, > coupled with the fact that it doesn't break any of the existing tools > makes it pretty compelling. Also, my primary objection about making > the kernel model more complicated doesn't hold much water if we move > everything to region 5. > > Would there be a downside to this on SGI's machines? Not that I can see--we've been using that method for awhile now with good success, and I'd be happy to test any 2.5 patches that implement this feature. So I guess we should go with virtual remapping? Tony? Thanks, Jesse