Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755825AbYAVUgj (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752528AbYAVUgc (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:32 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:48046 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751558AbYAVUgb (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:36:11 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Ian Campbell , Mika =?iso-8859-1?Q?Penttil=E4?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "Eric W. Biederman" Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in native format. Message-ID: <20080122203611.GA12892@elte.hu> References: <1200758937-22386-2-git-send-email-ijc@hellion.org.uk> <47939363.8040603@kolumbus.fi> <1200950633.15491.21.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> <479510CE.7010706@zytor.com> <1200951996.15491.28.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> <479551FD.5040801@zytor.com> <1201023401.5643.52.camel@localhost.localdomain> <479634A9.1090908@zytor.com> <1201031325.15491.66.camel@cthulhu.hellion.org.uk> <47964B7B.9000905@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47964B7B.9000905@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 689 Lines: 19 * H. Peter Anvin 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 :) Ingo -- 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/