On 07/12/16 16:07, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 05:56:24PM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:It's very CPU dependent. Maybe the CPUs used on your sgimips don't have the problem. It's related to virtual cache aliasing.Do I understand correctly that if I build a 16K page kernel, the problem will go away -- though I'll lose a little bit of efficiency?
yes. That said, I think the pmap deals with virtual cache aliasing correctly now.
Thor
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