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30 | * @{ |
30 | * @{ |
31 | */ |
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33 | /** |
33 | /** |
34 | * @file |
34 | * @file |
35 | * @brief ASID management. |
35 | * @brief ASID management. |
36 | * |
36 | * |
37 | * Modern processor architectures optimize TLB utilization |
37 | * Modern processor architectures optimize TLB utilization |
38 | * by using ASIDs (a.k.a. memory contexts on sparc64 and |
38 | * by using ASIDs (a.k.a. memory contexts on sparc64 and |
39 | * region identifiers on ia64). These ASIDs help to associate |
39 | * region identifiers on ia64). These ASIDs help to associate |
40 | * each TLB item with an address space, thus making |
40 | * each TLB item with an address space, thus making |