2 messages, 2 authors, 2000-09-21 · open the first message on its own page
From: David Edelsohn <hidden>
Date: 2000-09-21 02:26:26
Apparently I was too ambiguous in my reply. The mis-optimization is PowerPC Linux-specific, this is not a general Linux kernel or Linux VM problem. David ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
From: Dan Malek <hidden>
Date: 2000-09-21 02:40:50
David Edelsohn wrote:
...... The mis-optimization is PowerPC Linux-specific, this is not a general Linux kernel or Linux VM problem.
Really (seriously)? I always thought if the Linux VM used a different structure and method of accessing page tables (upper entries are more than just a software address pointer for example), we could really optimize the PowerPC kernel. Toss out some ideas......I'm listening :-). -- Dan ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/