cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/acpica madt.c src/sys/amd64/amd64 pmap.c src/sys/amd64/include pmap.h src/sys/dev/acpica/Osd OsdMemory.c src/sys/i386/acpica acpi_machdep.c madt.c src/sys/i386/i386 pmap.c src/sys/i386/include pmap.h src/sys/ia64/include pmap.h

[Joel Dahl]

On Fri, 2006-08-11 at 19:22 +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> jhb         2006-08-11 19:22:57 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/amd64/acpica     madt.c 
>     sys/amd64/amd64      pmap.c 
>     sys/amd64/include    pmap.h 
>     sys/dev/acpica/Osd   OsdMemory.c 
>     sys/i386/acpica      acpi_machdep.c madt.c 
>     sys/i386/i386        pmap.c 
>     sys/i386/include     pmap.h 
>     sys/ia64/include     pmap.h 
>   Log:
>   First pass at allowing memory to be mapped using cache modes other than
>   WB (write-back) on x86 via control bits in PTEs and PDEs (including making
>   use of the PAT MSR).  Changes include:
>   - A new pmap_mapdev_attr() function for amd64 and i386 which takes an
>     additional parameter (relative to pmap_mapdev()) specifying the cache
>     mode for this mapping.  Note that on amd64 only WB mappings are done with
>     the direct map, all other modes result in a private mapping.
>   - pmap_mapdev() on i386 and amd64 now defaults to using UC (uncached)
>     mappings rather than WB.  Previously we relied on the BIOS setting up
>     MTRR's to enforce memio regions being treated as UC.  This might make
>     hw.cbb_start_memory unnecessary in some cases now for example.
>   - A new pmap_mapbios()/pmap_unmapbios() API has been added to allow places
>     that used pmap_mapdev() to map non-device memory (such as ACPI tables)
>     to do so using WB as before.
>   - A new pmap_change_attr() function for amd64 and i386 that changes the
>     caching mode for a range of KVA.

Nice!  Thanks!

-- 
Joel