cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 pmap.c

[Peter Wemm]

Hidetoshi Shimokawa wrote:
> At Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:02:04 -0700,
> Peter Wemm wrote:
> > >   Modified files:
> > >     sys/amd64/amd64      pmap.c 
> > >   Log:
> > >   Fix direct map page table for 2GB+ physical memory.
> > 
> > Thank you! :-)
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > -Peter
> 
> Do you have any plan to increase KVA up to 512GB?
> struct vm_page consumes 250MB space for 8GB memory.

Yes, once I return from my trip, which should be next week.  It shouldn't
be too hard, it probably is a relatively simple matter of increasing the
slots reserved for growing KVM, and teaching pmap_growkernel how to grow
downwards....  OK, maybe thats easier said than done. :-)

Cheers,
-Peter
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