Re: port-i386/37193 (x86 pmap concurrency strategy could use improvement)

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-i386/37193; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, port-i386-maintainer%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
ad%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        port-xen%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-i386/37193 (x86 pmap concurrency strategy could use 
improvement)
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:37:54 +0100

 On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:15:26PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
 > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 08:01:52PM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
 > > > > Synopsis: x86 pmap concurrency strategy could use improvement
 > > > > 
 > > > > Responsible-Changed-From-To: port-i386-maintainer->yamt
 > > > > Responsible-Changed-By: yamt%netbsd.org@localhost
 > > > > Responsible-Changed-When: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:45:50 +0000
 > > > > Responsible-Changed-Why:
 > > > > i'll take a look.
 > > > 
 > > > here's a patch.  can anyone test it on xen+amd64?
 > > 
 > > You can't map the ptp read/write on Xen. But with this issue fixed,
 > > it works fine. I used the attached patch on HEAD after the bouyer-xeni386
 > > merge.
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
 > >      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
 > > --
 > 
 > thanks.
 > 
 > the #ifdef in pmap_map_ptp is the only necessary change?
 
 yes, and adding the needed function to the xen part of i386/include/pmap.h,
 now that xeni386 uses this one too. From what I remember there was no
 conflicts in x86/pmap.c
 
 -- 
 Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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