Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:45:39 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in native format. |
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* H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>> 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 :) > > PSE-less should be less of an issue than making sure we switch to > using large pages where appropriate, and enable the PGE and NX bits > where appropriate.
yeah - and that would be the right point to enable gigapages as well - once we have all this stuff consolidated and unified from grounds up.
Ingo
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