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RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] Use16M page size in identity mapping

To: "Tristan Gingold" <Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] Use16M page size in identity mapping
From: "Xu, Anthony" <anthony.xu@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:42:53 +0800
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>From: Tristan Gingold [mailto:Tristan.Gingold@xxxxxxxx]
>Sent: 2006年4月25日 16:41
>To: Xu, Anthony; xen-ia64-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] Use16M page size in identity mapping
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>Le Mardi 25 Avril 2006 10:25, Xu, Anthony a écrit :
>> Use 16M page size in identity mapping.
>
>Just two questions:
>
>* does itlb_miss occurs for Xen code ?  I thought it shouldn't because Xen
>code is TR mapped.
You are correct, itlb_miss doesn't occur for xen code.
I think it is ok for putting code there.

>
>* Is 16MB the best size for granule ?
Actually I'm using IA64_GRANULE_SHIFT, it can be configured to 16M or 64M.
Currently it's configured to 16M.
I don't know the best size for granule. :-)
>
>Tristan.

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