[parisc-linux] kdb getting healthier? (PCI guru needed, that's you willy!)
John David Anglin
dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca
Fri, 7 Jun 2002 13:01:29 -0400 (EDT)
> On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 12:42:37PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> > The only possible difference is the space register selection could be
> > different for the ldw insns in the old code versus the new because the
> > pointer values in the base differ by 16.
>
> but not in the kernel because all space registers are set to 0.
Are they always 0 or are there situations where drivers change a space
register value? If they never change, then the memory limit is still
3GB.
Dave
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