Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 17:37:46 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se (Mikael Karpberg) Cc: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s mp_machdep.c pmap.c Message-ID: <199709212237.RAA03635@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199709212211.AAA06000@ocean.campus.luth.se> from Mikael Karpberg at "Sep 22, 97 00:11:16 am"
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Mikael Karpberg said: > According to John Dyson: > > dyson 1997/09/20 22:50:05 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/i386 locore.s mp_machdep.c pmap.c > > Log: > > Add support for more than 1 page of idle process stack on SMP systems. > > FMI: > What does the idle process need stack for? I thought all it does was zero > pages, and HALT? > Also handle interrupts. It becomes especially problematical on large systems with lots of interrupts. Two pages isn't really enough in general, but it seems to be okay for now. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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