Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:41:41 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: why do we need pg1? |
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Hi, > > The code which sets up the page table at pg0 (in head.S) goes all the way > until it hits empty_zero_page so I don't understand why we need the label > pg1 in between, since it is never referred to by any other code? > > Also, is the comment in asm/pgtable.h > > /* page table for 0-4MB for everybody */ > extern unsigned long pg0[1024]; > > true or false? Isn't it for 0-8M as head.S claims?
after a minute of thought, the answer to the second question is now obvious, but the answer to the first one still is _not_.
Regards, Tigran
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