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Re: 2.3.99-3 axp combo patch

From: Richard Henderson <rth twiddle net>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <andrea suse de>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds transmeta com>, axp-list redhat com, linux-alpha vger rutgers edu
Subject: Re: 2.3.99-3 axp combo patch
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:03:36 -0800

On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 09:47:04PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> Also it seems you are not enforcing the right address for the
> zero page since you are not using a special section for the
> allocation. Same for the swapper_pgd.

Why would I need a special section?  I reference the pages
via symbols (___zero_page and swapper_pg_dir respectively),
so I don't need to force particular addresses.  Alignment
is given by the symbol definitions themselves.

r~

References:
- Re: 2.3.99-3 axp combo patch
  - From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>

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