Thread (6 messages) flat view 6 messages, 3 authors, 2005-10-23

Re: [PATCH][RFT] Extended BAT features, take 2

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Date: 2005-10-23 10:00:07

On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 11:36 +0200, Rupert Eibauer wrote:
On Sunday 23 October 2005 02:39, Paul Mackerras wrote:
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Rupert Eibauer writes:
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What this patch actually does:
- Make CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT selectable for the 6xx family
Why?  What does this gain us?  
I have I/O resources there which are not reachable in 32 bit mode.
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We still can't use RAM above the 4GB point AFAICS.
Does this mean the page tables do not support 63 bit?
Not with the current code. At least not for those CPUs.

Ben.
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