NetBSD/sys/arch/newsmips
pk 70f20a1217 Replace the traditional buffer memory management -- based on fixed per buffer
virtual memory reservation and a private pool of memory pages -- by a scheme
based on memory pools.

This allows better utilization of memory because buffers can now be allocated
with a granularity finer than the system's native page size (useful for
filesystems with e.g. 1k or 2k fragment sizes).  It also avoids fragmentation
of virtual to physical memory mappings (due to the former fixed virtual
address reservation) resulting in better utilization of MMU resources on some
platforms.  Finally, the scheme is more flexible by allowing run-time decisions
on the amount of memory to be used for buffers.

On the other hand, the effectiveness of the LRU queue for buffer recycling
may be somewhat reduced compared to the traditional method since, due to the
nature of the pool based memory allocation, the actual least recently used
buffer may release its memory to a pool different from the one needed by a
newly allocated buffer. However, this effect will kick in only if the
system is under memory pressure.
2003-12-30 12:33:13 +00:00
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apbus Declare sc_regbase as volatile, so that if_sn.c works with gcc3. 2003-12-02 13:19:06 +00:00
compile
conf Change reference at bottom from sys/dev/majors to sys/conf/majors to match 2003-12-10 02:04:00 +00:00
dev default: to 1024x768 landscape if unknown geometry (avoids uninitialised vars) 2003-11-07 19:21:39 +00:00
include Switch to use MI mk48txx(4) and todr(9) for MK48T02 todclocks on newsmips. 2003-10-25 04:07:28 +00:00
newsmips Replace the traditional buffer memory management -- based on fixed per buffer 2003-12-30 12:33:13 +00:00
stand Needs a .WAIT before doing boot/bootxx 2003-12-12 15:57:32 +00:00
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