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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Dajie Tan <jiankemeng@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-mips <linux-mips@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 16K page size in 32 bit kernel
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:00:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070731100027.GA3983@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070731130950.GA5540@sw-linux.com>

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:09:51PM +0400, Dajie Tan wrote:

> 32-bit Kernel for loongson2e currently use 16KB page size to avoid
> cache alias problem.So, the definiton of PGDIR_SHIFT muse be 12+14.
> 
> Using 22 in 16K page size do not lead to a serious problem but the number
> of pages allocated for page table is more than previous. (cat
> /proc/vmstat | grep nr_page_table_pages)
> 
> It's been tested on FuLong mini PC(loongson2e inside).

Looking good, applied.  Thanks!

Did by coincidence any of you try 64K pages with a 32-bit kernel?

  Ralf

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-31 10:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-31 13:09 [PATCH] 16K page size in 32 bit kernel Dajie Tan
2007-07-31  9:37 ` Songmao Tian
2007-07-31  9:37   ` Songmao Tian
2007-07-31 10:00 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2007-07-31 13:49   ` Songmao Tian
2007-07-31 20:45     ` Ralf Baechle
2007-08-01  0:47       ` Songmao Tian

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