[PPC64] Improved VSID allocation algorithm

[David Gibson]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 09:47:30PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
>  On Mon, Sep 13, David Gibson wrote:
> 
> > Andrew, please apply.  This patch has been tested both on SLB and
> > segment table machines.  This new approach is far from the final word
> > in VSID/context allocation, but it's a noticeable improvement on the
> > old method.
> 
> This patch went into 2.6.9-rc2-bk2, and my p640 does not boot anymore.
> Hangs after 'returning from prom_init', wants a power cycle.

Have you isolated the problem to the VSID allocation patch?  I think
there may have been a number of ppc64 changes which went into
2.6.9-rc2-bk2.

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