From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267461AbUHZEdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:33:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267465AbUHZEdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:33:25 -0400 Received: from holomorphy.com ([207.189.100.168]:35730 "EHLO holomorphy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267461AbUHZEdY (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:33:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 21:33:18 -0700 From: William Lee Irwin III To: jmerkey@comcast.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jmerkey@drdos.com Subject: Re: 1GB/2GB/3GB User Space Splitting Patch 2.6.8.1 (PSEUDO SPAM) Message-ID: <20040826043318.GO2793@holomorphy.com> Mail-Followup-To: William Lee Irwin III , jmerkey@comcast.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jmerkey@drdos.com References: <082620040421.9849.412D655C000690BA000026792200735446970A059D0A0306@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <082620040421.9849.412D655C000690BA000026792200735446970A059D0A0306@comcast.net> Organization: The Domain of Holomorphy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 04:21:48AM +0000, jmerkey@comcast.net wrote: > That incredibly useful patch for 2.4.X that Andrea wrote that splits > the kernel user space into 1GB/2GB/3GB sections I ported to 2.6.8.1 > and posted it to: > ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux/kernel/people/jmerkey/patches/linux-2.6.8.1-highmem-split-08-25-04.patch > I was not able to located a 2.6.8 version of this patch so I ported > one. I apologize in advance if I replicated anyone elses work. > Using HIGHMEM (aka. the extended Linux TLB reloading hits/second > test) is not optimal for embedded systems and appliance versions of > Linux we use so this is submitted. I'll maintain this patch (and > keep it working) for folks who need it. > Would be nice to have in the kernel for appliance Linux. > ** I CERTIFY THAT THIS CODE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY INTELECTUAL PROPERTY > OF ANYONE OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL LINUX CONTRIBUTORS THE FILES > WERE DERIVED FROM. *** ELF ABI violation. "...the reserved area shall not consume more than 1GB of the address space." -- wli