Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 13:50:32 -0800
From: brianh@pongo.West.Sun.COM (Brian Horn)
Subject: Item #254: memory granularity on PowerPC

P1275 Open Firmware Working Group Proposal -- Proposal #254 Ver 1.0

Title:		Granularity of memory

Author:		Brian.Horn@west.sun.com

Date:		March 21, 1995

Ed/Tech:	Technical

Synopsis:	The granularify of memory utilization needs specification

Doc & Version:	PowerPC processor binding to OpenFirmware Draft 1.0 2/16/95

Problem:	No where is the smallest unit of memory allocation/mapping speced

Proposal:	Specify in section 1.4 (starting page 4) that:

		"The largest unit of memory allocation and (if virtual mode)
		mapping cannot exceed 64Kbytes and it is strongly recommended
		that 4Kbyte units be utilized."

[ P1275 Item #254 -- Received: Tue Mar 21 13:52:43 PST 1995 ]