Subject: Re: merging x86 pmaps (Re: pmap.c hacking...)
To: None <port-amd64@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 03/29/2007 19:30:02
In article <B4110E92-A45B-43C3-A01A-318454060014@shagadelic.org>,
Jason Thorpe  <thorpej@shagadelic.org> wrote:
>
>On Mar 29, 2007, at 5:51 AM, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>
>>> I don't remember what the arguments were.
>>
>> - mycroft said he were rewriting these pmaps.
>>   i don't know what's the status of it.
>>   i've pinged him two or three times, but no success.
>
>Well, mycroft isn't exactly around anymore, so...
>
>> - junyoung argued about the name of macros.  (L1, L2, ..)
>
>Cosmetic issues such as this should not block forward progress.
>
>> - drochner said merging these pmaps would make the maintenance
>>   rather difficult.
>
>Less difficult than the situation we have now!

We should definitely merge the pmaps...

christos