From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: reminder, 2.6.18 window... Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:07:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060525.140736.48529487.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060525192239.GB29024@ipom.com> <20060525.132928.115910730.davem@davemloft.net> <20060525210412.GC29024@ipom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bcook@bpointsys.com, billfink@mindspring.com, jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:37005 "EHLO sunset.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030414AbWEYVHb (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:07:31 -0400 To: phil@ipom.com In-Reply-To: <20060525210412.GC29024@ipom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Phil Dibowitz Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:04:12 -0700 > why would specifically not support a _feature_ of the hardware. Sparc64 chips support a hash table like hw assist feature for TLB reloading, I didn't use it for 8+ years and went with a virtual page table approach instead. I mean, your statement is totally meaningless. Just because the hardware can do something, doesn't mean we have any reason to use that functionality.