[PATCH] ppc: Add support for bigger page sizes than 4KB on PPC44x

Paul Mackerras paulus at samba.org
Sat Mar 17 09:34:48 EST 2007


Yuri Tikhonov writes:

>  The configuration option we had introduced changes the global PPC PAGE_SIZE 
> definition indeed. To let changing the PAGE_SIZE from the configuration menu 
> for the 44x processors only the following modification of the 
> arch/ppc/Kconfig file might make sense:
> 
>  - int "Page size (12=>4KB; 16=>64KB)"
> + int "Page size (12=>4KB; 16=>64KB)" if 44x
> 
>  For other than 44x processors the PPC_PAGE_SHIFT value will be unchangeable 
> from the configuration menu and set to default  value 12 ( PAGE_SIZE = 4 KB).

Your patch would still let users select a page shift of 13 or 15,
which won't work (and can't be made to work).

Paul.



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