CONFIG_HIGHMEM on PPC
David Edelsohn
dje at watson.ibm.com
Fri Jan 26 09:39:45 EST 2001
>>>>> Gabriel Paubert writes:
Gabriel> BATS are a good idea, but variable page size are another, superior IMHO,
Gabriel> possibility. It seems to be what Power4 has from what David said a few
Gabriel> days ago. I don't know how they mix variable page size with hash tables
Gabriel> and failed to find any detailed documentation...
The variable page sizes are determined on a segment by segment
basis. The segment type determines how to interpret the page table --
whether it maps 4KB or 16MB.
David
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