Re: Latest sources from CVS.

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:24:38PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:

> Maybe I wasn't clear about it, I meant kernels with 32 bit address
> space but 64 bit register width, allowing for userland N32 ABI.
> 
> E.g. the old DECstations with R4k CPU and limited memory would fit
> in this scheme. :-)

I'm considering kernels with just 2-level page tables as a step into that
direction.  With 16kB pages that permits for 64GB of virtual address
space, with 4kB pages; with a bit of tweaking we should be able to
maintain the ability to map 2GB in the userspace.

  Ralf