Subject: Re: sysctl HW_PAGESIZE
To: None <tech-perform@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-perform
Date: 02/24/2002 22:09:06
On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 08:18:35PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 11:28:59AM +1100, matthew green wrote:
> > SPARC machines come with different page sizes. sun4 and sun4u machines
> > (the oldest and the newest) have 8KB by default, and sun4c and sun4m
> > (the 2nd oldest and 2nd newest) have 4KB by default, yet all can run
> > 32 bit SPARC software happily... there are also things like large
> > pages in some SPARC as well.
>
> I think we have the same thing in m68k land, as different mmu were used.
Some of these systems always map 8k pages - even though the underlying
hardware supports 4k pages.....
David
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