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From: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
To: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use SLB size from the device tree
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:40:18AM +1100, Michael Neuling wrote:
> Currently we hardwire the number of SLBs but the PAPR says we export an
> ibm,slb-size property to specify the number of SLB entries.  This patch
> uses this property instead of assuming 64 always.  If no property is
> found, we assume 64 entries as before.
> 
> This soft patches the SLB handler, so it won't change performance at
> all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>

Acked-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>

I wonder if it isn't time soon to move all the mmu_.* globals to a
struct. That's a separate issue though.


-Olof