> > On Jan 18, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > > > Something related I wonder about. Is it necessary to update the > > ACCESSED > > Yes. I used to take some shortcuts in the past that always marked pages > accessed and dirty (if necessary) to eliminate code in the tlbmiss > handler. > Paulus made me fix that, so page stealing and swapping would work > more effectively. However, I'm still considering making a configuration > option because on embedded systems where the stealing and swapping > don't occur you shouldn't have to pay the price of the management in > the tlbmiss handler.
hmm, don't understand the page stealing part. Which configs doesn't steal pages? All that doesn't swap? Jocke
