Subject: Re: UVM & PMAP_NEW
To: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-pmax
Date: 08/16/1998 17:17:22
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:51:04 +1000
Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au> wrote:
> I notice that a UVM kernel at least boots on the pmax now (ref, Jason
> in late May this year), but I didn't see any mention of PMAP_NEW either
> in the source tree or on this list. I take it that no one's yet done a
> port of the Alpha's new pmap module to mips yet?
Porting the Alpha pmap to the MIPS would be a lot more than adding
PMAP_NEW support. PMAP_NEW could be fairly easily added to the MIPS
pmap, but the MIPS pmap is buggy and poorly-structred, IMO.
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