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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Hartvig Ekner <hartvig@ekner.info>
Cc: Linux MIPS mailing list <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: Aliasing in pgtable-bits.h (CONFIG_64BIT_PHYS_ADDR)
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:47:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030408234735.A7363@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3E9274F0.227008F7@ekner.info>; from hartvig@ekner.info on Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:06:24AM +0200

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:06:24AM +0200, Hartvig Ekner wrote:

> #define _PAGE_R4KBUG                (1<<0)  /* workaround for r4k bug  */
> #define _PAGE_GLOBAL                (1<<0)
> 
> Is the aliasing between R4KBUG & GLOBAL intentional? This is the only CONFIG case where it
> is done. Superficially, I can't see R4KBUG used anywhere, so maybe it doesn't matter. But
> if R4KBUG truly isn't used, why not consider removing it entirely from all PTE layouts?

It's there for a R4000 bug workaround waiting to be finally written by
somebody ...

  Ralf

  parent reply	other threads:[~2003-04-08 21:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-08  7:06 Aliasing in pgtable-bits.h (CONFIG_64BIT_PHYS_ADDR) Hartvig Ekner
2003-04-08  7:06 ` Hartvig Ekner
2003-04-08 10:32 ` Juan Quintela
2003-04-08 21:48   ` Ralf Baechle
2003-04-08 21:47 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2003-04-09 10:12   ` Maciej W. Rozycki

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