Re: Aliasing in pgtable-bits.h (CONFIG_64BIT_PHYS_ADDR)

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

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:06:24AM +0200, Hartvig Ekner wrote:

> #define _PAGE_R4KBUG                (1<<0)  /* workaround for r4k bug  */
> #define _PAGE_GLOBAL                (1<<0)
> 
> Is the aliasing between R4KBUG & GLOBAL intentional? This is the only CONFIG 
> case where it
> is done. Superficially, I can't see R4KBUG used anywhere, so maybe it doesn't 
> matter. But
> if R4KBUG truly isn't used, why not consider removing it entirely from all 
> PTE layouts?

It's there for a R4000 bug workaround waiting to be finally written by
somebody ...

  Ralf