[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Basically in the pmd, it would seem that the current design in 2.4.3 forces
> you to have pointers in there. Currently in our source we're using offsets
> instead of a 64 bit pointer... this of course saved us from having to alloc 2
> contiguous pages in memory.
Nope, the representation of the pgd/pmd/pte entries is entirely up to
you (us :). The pmd entries for example are accessed through pmd_none,
pmd_present, pte_offset, etc., and are set with pmd_populate. Those
functions are all defined in asm/pgtable.h and asm/pgalloc.c. So you
can make the representation whatever you like as long as those
functions all do the right thing. Same goes for the pgd and pte
levels.
Paul.
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