Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove 7 instructions in 8xx ITLB Miss when pinned TLBs is set

From: Dan Malek <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:55:05 -0400

Joakim Tjernlund wrote:

> I realized that kernel space won't cause ITLB misses when CONFIG_PIN_TLB is set. At least on
> my system(no module support).

Why do this?  For years we have been trying to remove #ifdefs from the kernel,
this does nothing but add useless configuration complexity, it doesn't save
any space or execution time, and the first time you load a module the kernel
will crash.

	-- Dan

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