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Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] [Resend]Enable hash vtlb

To: "Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] [Resend]Enable hash vtlb
From: Tristan Gingold <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:52:33 +0100
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Le Vendredi 07 Avril 2006 21:02, Xu, Anthony a écrit :
> Hash vTLB is intended to address SMP scalability for large system.
If I understand correctly, the Hash vTLB patch doesn't handle itc whose ps > 
rr.ps (there is a panic here).

After a few minutes of thinking, I don't see how this could be done.
Any hint ?

Tristan.


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