Re: [PATCH] SLB shadow buffer
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Date: 2006-08-05 12:46:36
On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 03:53:19PM +1000, Michael Neuling wrote:
This adds a shadow buffer for the SLBs and regsiters it with PHYP. Only the bolted SLB entries (first 3) are saved.
What is a SLB shadow buffer and why do we need it? (I don't want to question the patch but rather learn a little more about lowlevel ppc64 mmu details)