errata sheet

Chapter 1: Overview of the Linux Kernel

• Page 19, Figure 1.7: The end-address of the data + bss segment should be 0x600000000000c000 instead of 0x6000000000000c00.

Chapter 2: IA-64 Architecture

• Page 35, 7th line, 2nd-last paragraph: Instead of "in the range of 0 to 95" it should say "in the range of 0 to 96".
• Page 46, 8th line: Instead of "(p6) br.ret.sptk b0 = f" it should say "(p6) br.ret.sptk b0".
• Page 57, Figure 2.11 and 1st line of last paragraph: Predicate register p6 should be listed as a scratch register. That is, the 1st sentence of the last paragraph should say "In the predicate register file p6 through p15 are scratch, ...".

Chapter 3: Processes, Tasks, and Threads

• Page 102, Figure 3.7: "RBS_BASE" should be "RBS_OFFSET".
• Page 123, Section Bitset operations interface: The description should state that the bitset operations interface does not require a particular bit- or byte-order with which the bitset is accessed. Each platform can use whatever bit-/byte-order that is convenient.
• Page 424, 5th line in 2nd last paragraph: "concatenation" should be "concatenating".
• Page 430, Section EFI system table: This paragraph fails to point out that, in relation to Figure 10.9, it describes the four sections in bottom-to-top order (lowest address to highest address).

Chapter 4: Virtual Memory

• Page 193, Section Nested DTLB miss handler, 1st paragraph, line 6: "DLTB" should read "DTLB".
• Page 206, Section IA-64 implementation, last paragraph, last sentence: "remaining three arguments" should be "remaining two arguments".

Appendix C: IA-64 Instructions

• Page 490, Table C.8, Privileged Instructions: Instructions epc, probe, thash, and ttag are not privileged instructions. They should have been listed in Table C.5, Control Instructions instead.

Appendix E: Glossary

• Page 497, P64: Types int and long have a size of 32 bits in this data-model (not 64 bits).