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CVS commit: src/share/man/man9



Module Name:    src
Committed By:   thorpej
Date:           Thu May  8 18:16:21 UTC 2003

Modified Files:
        src/share/man/man9: pmap.9

Log Message:
Simplify the way the bounds of the managed kernel virtual address
space is advertised to UVM by making virtual_avail and virtual_end
first-class exported variables by UVM.  Machine-dependent code is
responsible for initializing them before main() is called.  Anything
that steals KVA must adjust these variables accordingly.

This reduces the number of instances of this info from 3 to 1, and
Simplify the way the bounds of the managed kernel virtual address
space is advertised to UVM by making virtual_avail and virtual_end
first-class exported variables by UVM.  Machine-dependent code is
responsible for initializing them before main() is called.  Anything
that steals KVA must adjust these variables accordingly.

This reduces the number of instances of this info from 3 to 1, and
simplifies the pmap(9) interface by removing the pmap_virtual_space()
function call, and removing two arguments from pmap_steal_memory().

Simplify the way the bounds of the managed kernel virtual address
space is advertised to UVM by making virtual_avail and virtual_end
first-class exported variables by UVM.  Machine-dependent code is
responsible for initializing them before main() is called.  Anything
that steals KVA must adjust these variables accordingly.

This reduces the number of instances of this info from 3 to 1, and
simplifies the pmap(9) interface by removing the pmap_virtual_space()
function call, and removing two arguments from pmap_steal_memory().

This also eliminates some kludges such as having to burn kernel_map
entries on space used by the kernel and stolen KVA.

This also eliminates use of VM_{MIN,MAX}_KERNEL_ADDRESS from MI code,
this giving MD code greater flexibility over the bounds of the managed
kernel virtual address space if a given port's specific platforms can
vary in this regard (this is especially true of the evb* ports).


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -r1.22 -r1.23 src/share/man/man9/pmap.9

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.




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