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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in native format.
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Yes. We'd use it during initialization and at other times when we
> need trampolining, but give the swapper something which only has the
> kernel map.

Hm, though Xen makes it all a bit more complex, as usual. In the PAE
case it wouldn't allow the pmd to be shared, so you'd have to allocate a
new pmd and copy into it. There's probably a way to deal with it within
the existing paravirt hooks...

J


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