Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 6 Feb 2007 17:25:42 +0100 | From | "Andreas Herrmann" <> | Subject | Re: [discuss] [patch] mtrr: fix issues with large addresses |
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On Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 11:54:57AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: > > >> I don't think I remember a restriction here, at least not below 44 bits > > >> (that's where pfn-s would need to become 64-bit wide). > > > > > >The i386 mm code only supports 4 entries in the PGD, so more than 36bit cannot > > >be mapped right now. > > > > That has nothing to do with the number of physical address bits. > > You couldn't use the memory in any ways. > > Anyways I give up -- the check is probably not needed, unless Andreas > comes up with a good reason.
No, I haven't a good reason to restrict the base address to fewer than 44 bits.
So the question is, should I completely remove that check or adapt it to check for 44 bit instead of 36 bit?
Regards,
Andreas
-- AMD Saxony, Dresden, Germany Operating System Research Center
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