UMA_MD_SMALL_ALLOC
Nathan Whitehorn
nathanw at uchicago.edu
Wed May 7 15:11:26 UTC 2008
In doing the G5 port, I have a problem with the UMA_MD_SMALL_ALLOC
option. Because the G5 does not have BAT, this is broken. Even if we
were to emulate it with pages, this is not a useful thing to have, since
the point of the option would be defeated. But removing it would
pessimize the G3/G4 port (the AIM code also panics late in boot without
it, but that is a separate issue).
There doesn't seem to be a way to twiddle it at runtime, which is a
major problem if we want to have a single kernel running on all OEA
machines. So I'm not sure what to do. Thoughts?
Also, an update on the G5 port: the PMAP stuff is done to the point
where the kernel boots all the way to panicing about not having a PIC,
which is late in the boot process and implies that only device support
remains. Trap handling is up and running as well. And (with the
exception of UMA_MD_SMALL_ALLOC) the same kernel also boots on my G3.
-Nathan
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