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

From: Ian Campbell
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 15:52:46 EST



On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 21:36 +0100, 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 :)

FYI, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC+PAE is broken. I'll dig in but it might be
the weekend before I get a chance (there's a beer festival in town ;-)).

Ian.
--
Ian Campbell

Flattery will get you everywhere.

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