Re: MMU questions?

[Guido Flohr <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>]

Hi!

On Wed, Jun 03, 1998 at 11:52:18AM +0200, Konrad Kokoszkiewicz wrote:
> Yes. But get a 68030 manual and read the section entitled "Memory
> management unit". Then you'll understand why so few people are actually
> able to program the MMU :-)
> 
> The other pain is that 68040 and 68060 have the MMU slightly different.

Wouldn't it be reasonable to steal the entire memory management
stuff for MiNT from Linux m68k and modify only the compatibility
stuff (fast ram, etc.)?  I think the Linux world has more
of these guys that don't get frightened by the section entitled
"Memory management unit".

If somebody could emulate the Linux memory interface for MiNT
I think this would be the easiest way to support the new 
archictectures with 68040 resp. 68060 cpu.  Otherwise we would
have to wait for somebody that both owns one of these new
machines /and/ has the guts to implement and test it.

Just an idea.

Ciao

Guido
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