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* x86-64 documentation
@ 2004-07-04 18:46 R. J. Wysocki
  2004-07-04 19:46 ` Andi Kleen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
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

-- 
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
  2004-07-04 18:46 x86-64 documentation R. J. Wysocki
@ 2004-07-04 19:46 ` Andi Kleen
  2004-07-06 10:06   ` R. J. Wysocki
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
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

-- 
Rafael J. Wysocki
[tel. (+48) 605 053 693]
----------------------------
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 10:06   ` R. J. Wysocki
@ 2004-07-06 11:31     ` Andi Kleen
  2004-07-06 11:52       ` R. J. Wysocki
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
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
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
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
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
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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