Re: [PATCH 12/24] x86-64: remove PGE from must-have feature list

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Sun Mar 15 2009 - 17:26:18 EST


H. Peter Anvin wrote:
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
#define NEED_PSE 0
#define NEED_MSR (1<<(X86_FEATURE_MSR & 31))
-#define NEED_PGE (1<<(X86_FEATURE_PGE & 31))
+#define NEED_PGE 0
#define NEED_FXSR (1<<(X86_FEATURE_FXSR & 31))
#define NEED_XMM (1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM & 31))
#define NEED_XMM2 (1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM2 & 31))

This should be conditionalized on CONFIG_PARAVIRT, since doing this
removes real-hardware optimimizations.

OK. Can do the same for PSE.

J
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