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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in native format.

* 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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