Michael Shapiro wrote:
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
thanks
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