Re: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in nativeformat.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Seems reasonable to me. I'll integrate your asm diff with the other 
> > > changes and give it a whirl.
> > This version boots into userspace on both PAE and !PAE.  You want to 
> > take it from here?
>
> ok, i'll wait for Ian to submit the final (tested) version then. A few 
> possible complications are: PSE-less boxes, 32-bit PAGEALLOC bootups 
> with tons of RAM, NX-less boxes and NX-able boxes :)

PSE-less should be less of an issue than making sure we switch to using 
large pages where appropriate, and enable the PGE and NX bits where 
appropriate.

	-hpa
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