From: Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>
To: hemanth.venkatesh@wipro.com
Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: Multiple page size support for AU1xxx
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:08:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060725110828.GD8401@networkno.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2156B1E923F1A147AABDF4D9FDEAB4CB09D6F3@blr-m2-msg.wipro.com>
hemanth.venkatesh@wipro.com wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
>
> >>Currently only 16kB works and only for 64-bit kernels. I'm planning
> to
> >> fix that rsn.
>
> Thanks for the info, did u mean 16KB would be supported for 32 bit
> kernel also. I also saw code changes in arch/mips/mm/tlb-r8k.c only, is
> there a plan to port it to r4k TLB also.
>
>
> Help on 2.6.14 and 2.6.17 kernels provide the below info. Does it mean
> some changes are required at user level also.
Old binutils (2.14 and earlier) didn't put enough alignment between code
and data section, it this case a re-link with a newer linker is needed.
Some userland applications hardcode a specific pagesize, typically 4kB,
instead of querying sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE). Those applications will need
fixing.
Thiemo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-25 11:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-24 14:54 Multiple page size support for AU1xxx hemanth.venkatesh
2006-07-24 14:54 ` hemanth.venkatesh
2006-07-25 3:46 ` Ralf Baechle
2006-07-25 10:06 ` hemanth.venkatesh
2006-07-25 10:06 ` hemanth.venkatesh
2006-07-25 11:08 ` Thiemo Seufer [this message]
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