linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fill in missing pv_mmu_ops entries for PAGETABLE

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:33:25 +1100
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>, ehabkost@...hat.com,
	glommer@...il.com, jeremy@...p.org, chrisw@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fill in missing pv_mmu_ops entries for	PAGETABLE_LEVELS
 >= 3

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org> wrote:
>
>   
>>> The first fix is not even specific for PARAVIRT, and it's actually 
>>> preventing the whole tree from booting.
>>>
>>>       
>> And the following allows PARAVIRT kernels to boot on x86_64.
>>     
>
>   
>> Fill in missing pagetable manipulation entries in pv_mmu_ops 
>> for PAGETABLE_LEVELS >= 3.
>>     
>
> thanks Marcelo - picked this up and the other changes as well. I guess 
> the only thing missing at the moment is the proper Kconfig changes to 
> allow the building of a 64-bit PARAVIRT kernel?
> 	Ingo
>   
For normal hardware yes. But I still have a vsmp patch in the queue.
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