Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-13 Thread Dan Malek
On Oct 13, 2011, at 7:00 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: ehhm, do the fun stuff first? :) Need to pay the bills, first :-) Thanks for the other information. -- Dan ___ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlab

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-13 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Dan Malek wrote on 2011/10/13 03:08:12: > > > Hi Joakim. > > On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > Dan, where did you go? I figured you would throw yourself at this as > > this is > > something you been meaning to do yourself for years :) > > Too many things to do :-) I did h

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-12 Thread Dan Malek
Hi Joakim. On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: Dan, where did you go? I figured you would throw yourself at this as this is something you been meaning to do yourself for years :) Too many things to do :-) I did have the wired page version that I've been using now and then

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-12 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Joakim Tjernlund/Transmode wrote on 2011/10/11 09:42:58: > > Dan Malek wrote on 2011/10/10 20:03:53: > > > > > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > > > That is an easy port but I will have to do that blind. Would you > > > mind take this for a spin on 2.4 first? > > > > My

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-11 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Dan Malek wrote on 2011/10/10 20:03:53: > > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > That is an easy port but I will have to do that blind. Would you > > mind take this for a spin on 2.4 first? > > My current system is running 2.6, so I don't have much > interested in testing 2

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Dan Malek
On Oct 10, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: That is an easy port but I will have to do that blind. Would you mind take this for a spin on 2.4 first? My current system is running 2.6, so I don't have much interested in testing 2.4 The more interesting part is if one should use other

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
Dan Malek wrote on 2011/10/10 18:22:09: > > > Hi Joakim. > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:38 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > This adds Large page support for 8xx and uses it > > for all kernel RAM > > > - Dan, what do you think :) > > Since you asked, yes it looks great :-) Now, can we > get this

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Dan Malek
Hi Joakim. On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:38 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: This adds Large page support for 8xx and uses it for all kernel RAM - Dan, what do you think :) Since you asked, yes it looks great :-) Now, can we get this into a more contemporary kernel? I'm actually working on an 8x

Re: [PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Willy Tarreau
Hi an, On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 09:22:09AM -0700, Dan Malek wrote: > > Hi Joakim. > > On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:38 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > >This adds Large page support for 8xx and uses it > >for all kernel RAM > > >- Dan, what do you think :) > > Since you asked, yes it looks great :-

[PATCH 0/3] 8xx: Large page(8MB) support for 2.4

2011-10-10 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
This adds Large page support for 8xx and uses it for all kernel RAM. Further usage is possible, IMAP_ADDR and on board flash comes to mind. There is one bit free the pte which could be used for selecting different large page sizes but that is for another day. - Dan, what do you think :) Joakim