Subject: Re: 64 bit instructions
To: Toru Nishimura <nisimura@itc.aist-nara.ac.jp>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: port-mips
Date: 09/18/2000 12:19:57
On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 03:42:05PM +0900, Toru Nishimura wrote:

 > He and Chuck Cranor told in the same tone "take a look at the lengthy
 > comment in i386/include/pmap.h" for recursive map of linear PTE.
 > Chris Demetriou stressed new PTE arrangement, too.

Yah, for page table management, use the Alpha pmap's KSEG strategy, but
for TLB miss handling, use the recursive mapping trick that the i386
port uses to access page tables and that the Alpha PALcode uses to do
TLB miss handling :-)

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>