Subject: Re: Please Revert newlock2
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/19/2007 14:18:02
Matt Thomas wrote:

> Bucky Katz wrote:
> >
> > If you mean (and I suspect you do) The "Fast Context Switch Extention"
> > FCSE, then yes the OMAP processors we are currently using support it.
> 
> Except that FCSE is useless for NetBSD.  It reduces each process to a 64MB
> (25 bit address space).

Does that mean that (for example) the stack has to live at 64MB and
lower as well?  Not much room for mmaped files, etc?  If so, "ick"...

Simon.