* x86-64 documentation
@ 2004-07-04 18:46 R. J. Wysocki
2004-07-04 19:46 ` Andi Kleen
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From: R. J. Wysocki @ 2004-07-04 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andi Kleen; +Cc: linux-kernel
I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
Yours,
rjw
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Rafael J. Wysocki
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* Re: x86-64 documentation
2004-07-04 18:46 x86-64 documentation R. J. Wysocki
@ 2004-07-04 19:46 ` Andi Kleen
2004-07-06 10:06 ` R. J. Wysocki
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2004-07-04 19:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R. J. Wysocki; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
Mostly yes.
-Andi
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* Re: x86-64 documentation
2004-07-04 19:46 ` Andi Kleen
@ 2004-07-06 10:06 ` R. J. Wysocki
2004-07-06 11:31 ` Andi Kleen
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From: R. J. Wysocki @ 2004-07-06 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andi Kleen; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Sunday 04 of July 2004 21:46, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
>
> Mostly yes.
How about kernel stacks? Are they still 16k or they are 8k now?
rjw
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* Re: x86-64 documentation
2004-07-06 10:06 ` R. J. Wysocki
@ 2004-07-06 11:31 ` Andi Kleen
2004-07-06 11:52 ` R. J. Wysocki
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2004-07-06 11:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R. J. Wysocki; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 12:06:01PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday 04 of July 2004 21:46, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
> >
> > Mostly yes.
>
> How about kernel stacks? Are they still 16k or they are 8k now?
They were always 8k
-Andi
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* Re: x86-64 documentation
2004-07-06 11:31 ` Andi Kleen
@ 2004-07-06 11:52 ` R. J. Wysocki
2004-07-06 12:10 ` Andi Kleen
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From: R. J. Wysocki @ 2004-07-06 11:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andi Kleen; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tuesday 06 of July 2004 13:31, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 12:06:01PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Sunday 04 of July 2004 21:46, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
> > >
> > > Mostly yes.
> >
> > How about kernel stacks? Are they still 16k or they are 8k now?
>
> They were always 8k
Hm. Does this mean that one register is reserved for the task_struct pointer
etc. (as stated in mm.txt) or is it done in a different way?
rjw
--
Rafael J. Wysocki
----------------------------
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
relations, for nature cannot be fooled.
-- Richard P. Feynman
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* Re: x86-64 documentation
2004-07-06 11:52 ` R. J. Wysocki
@ 2004-07-06 12:10 ` Andi Kleen
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From: Andi Kleen @ 2004-07-06 12:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: R. J. Wysocki; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:52:48PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 of July 2004 13:31, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 12:06:01PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Sunday 04 of July 2004 21:46, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 08:46:20PM +0200, R. J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > > I've just read the Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt. Is it up to date?
> > > >
> > > > Mostly yes.
> > >
> > > How about kernel stacks? Are they still 16k or they are 8k now?
> >
> > They were always 8k
>
> Hm. Does this mean that one register is reserved for the task_struct pointer
> etc. (as stated in mm.txt) or is it done in a different way?
GS points to a per CPU data structure and the current task is read from
that.
-Andi
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