Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000

To: Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
From: David Edelsohn <dje%watson.ibm.com@localhost>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:12:26 -0400

>>>>> Matt Thomas writes:

>> Power4 has support for "large pages".  One also can "bolt" entries
>> in the page table and ensure that they don't fall out of the TLB/SLB.

Matt> Cool.  Is that true for all the processors or just Power4?

        Large page support was first available in Power4.

        There is no "bolt" bit or anything like that.  One just ensures
that the page isn't replaced.

David

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- Re: Porting to IBM Risc 6000
  - From: Matt Thomas

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