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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>
To: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs•org
Cc: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale•com>,
	sumedh tirodkar <sumedhtirodkar@gmail•com>
Subject: Re: linux/powerpc memory management
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:25:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200807101925.08657.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d2b9ccd90807101006v79658fcateb5af4c83fc728da@mail.gmail.com>

On Thursday 10 July 2008, sumedh tirodkar wrote:
> by pointers i meant any documentation of design as to how exactly the memory
> management is done...
> how does linux use hardware features provided by powerpc for protection
> between tasks and kernel,etc...
> sorry for not being more specific previously...
> 

It depends on what platform you want to look at, powerpc64, powerpc32 classic
and powerpc32 book E are very different, but you'll see that in the code.

arch/powerpc/mm/hash*
arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable*
arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
arch/powerpc/mm/ppc_mmu_32.c
arch/powerpc/mm/slb*
arch/powerpc/mm/stab.c
arch/powerpc/mm/tlb*
include/asm-powerpc/mmu*
include/asm-powerpc/pgalloc*
include/asm-powerpc/pgtable*

That should cover all you need to know.

	Arnd <><

      reply	other threads:[~2008-07-10 17:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-10  4:14 linux/powerpc memory management sumedh tirodkar
2008-07-10 15:08 ` Scott Wood
2008-07-10 17:06   ` sumedh tirodkar
2008-07-10 17:25     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]

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