Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263279AbUJ2Lrq (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:47:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263269AbUJ2Lro (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:47:44 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:54543 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263284AbUJ2LnO (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:43:14 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH[ Export __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC for modules (vmmon) From: Arjan van de Ven To: Petr Vandrovec Cc: mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20041029113837.GD10837@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: <20041028221148.GE24972@vana.vc.cvut.cz> <1099040620.2641.11.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> <20041029113837.GD10837@vana.vc.cvut.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1099050178.2641.20.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:42:58 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.6 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.6 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 731 Lines: 18 On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 13:38 +0200, Petr Vandrovec wrote: > ???? > > Due to rule that not everything should be in kernel, userspace > picks one of codes needed to switch processor from currently used > mode & address space to mode VMware needs (ia32 => long, long => ia32, > PAE <=> non-PAE + cr3 + gdt + idt) maps it into kernel space, and then run > it as needed. And for running it it must be executable. so effectively vmware has it's own module loader. quite interesting ;) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/