Subject: Re: UVM aobj: Large VM objects.
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org, port-ia64@netbsd.org>
From: Pavel Cahyna <pavel.cahyna@st.mff.cuni.cz>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/06/2006 09:39:00
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:32:48PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> (although i doubt kernel_object really need to cover the entire region,)
> making aobj 64-bit offset clean is a good idea.
>
> however, i don't think long is appropriate here.
> please introduce a 64-bit "page offset" type.
> "typedef voff_t pgoff_t" should be fine.
Won't this make 32-bit ports slower?
Pavel Cahyna