Re: 4MB pages and framebuffer access, x11perf results, 2.1.125

MOLNAR Ingo (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:00:15 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> >+ pgd_val(*pgd) = _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED
> >+ | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_4M
> >+ | _PAGE_GLOBAL | offset;
>
> Is really right to set the global flag? I understand that such flag cause

it's incorrect. It didnt make a stability difference though because i used
a rarely mapped virtual address.

-- mingo

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