> There are several kernel symbol names starting with KPM. Could someone > please explain me what this abbreviation stands for and what is the purpose > of KPM. I see also the term kpm tlb miss.
Kernel Physical Mapping, the ability on 64-bit kernels to map in all of physical memory at once, as opposed to having to manage a subset of those mappings, like we did on 32-bit kernels. See usr/src/uts/common/vm/seg_kpm.c -Mike -- Mike Shapiro, Solaris Kernel Development. blogs.sun.com/mws/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
